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Company CheckTHE COTTER MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY · DOT 124001

905 MIAMI ST, AKRON, OH, 44311

DOT# 124001 MC# 120021 Akron, Ohio 45 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

Phone(330) 535-5115

Fax(330) 535-5137

Email[email protected]

Physical Address905 MIAMI ST, AKRON, OH, 44311

Mailing AddressPO BOX 529, AKRON, OH, 44309

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC120021

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating45 years

Company Overview

THE COTTER MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Akron, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 45 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/01/1974. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 10,000 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. The FMCSA has assigned a Conditional safety rating. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, THE COTTER MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY has a Trust Score of 88/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage10,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review04/07/2017

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective04/01/2026

CompanyTRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.

Policy #TCP0003905

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage10,000 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 04/07/2017 | Rated: 09/08/1994

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	174541235	$0	09/03/1999	04/01/2001	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	IM998018	$0	09/03/1996	09/03/1999	Replaced
34	CARGO	ST. PAUL PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	84-027939	$0	09/03/1993	09/03/1996	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHW M003228	$0	04/01/2025	04/01/2025	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP111688	$0	04/01/2011	04/01/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP111688	$1,000,000	04/01/2011	04/01/2025	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	003321274	$0	04/01/2007	04/01/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	005551030	$1,000,000	04/01/2007	04/01/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV4753500	$0	04/01/2006	04/29/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV4753500	$0	04/01/2006	04/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV4753500	$750,000	04/01/2006	04/29/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV4753500	$750,000	04/01/2006	04/01/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$0	04/01/2004	04/01/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$0	04/01/2004	04/01/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2004	04/01/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$0	04/01/2004	05/06/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	MV0004894-00	$0	04/01/2003	05/05/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	MV0004894-00	$0	04/01/2003	04/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2003	05/06/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	MVSP0006674-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2003	04/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	MV0004894-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2003	05/05/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	MV0004894-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2003	04/01/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	MS2051000-0	$0	04/01/2002	04/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	MS2051000-0	$1,000,000	04/01/2002	06/06/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	MS2051000-0	$1,000,000	04/01/2002	04/01/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	MS2051000-0	$0	04/01/2002	06/06/2003	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3AT687157	$0	04/01/2001	04/01/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	F3D 047911-00	$1,000,000	04/01/2001	04/01/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	TL 334-5008	$1,000,000	04/01/1994	04/01/2001	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/27/1984	-	-
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/17/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/05/1993
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/07/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/20/1993
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/07/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/20/1993
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/03/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/17/1996
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/19/1981	-	-
MC120021	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
MC120021	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/02/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/03/2007
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/02/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/03/2007
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/01/1981	SUPERSEDED	08/19/1981
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/06/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/07/2006
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/06/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/07/2006
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	03/06/1989	-	-
MC120021	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/22/1983	-	-

No revocation records.

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown — from 100 to 88

−12

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Conditional safety rating−12

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file — FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back — the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A — not required — never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty — we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark — for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference — the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes — rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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