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263 INDUSTRIAL AVE, LOWELL, MA, 01852

DOT# 2137906 MC# 219181 Lowell, Massachusetts 37 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Jun 24, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 7, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Apr 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Sep 16, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 28, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address263 INDUSTRIAL AVE, LOWELL, MA, 01852

Mailing Address27 STERLING RD, BILLERICA, MA, 01862

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/08/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/08/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeHARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Contact☎ (888) 203-3823
🌐 thehartford.com

Filings on record4

Bond history

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYsince Jun 5, 2019 · active

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2013 to Jul 2019 · CANCELLED

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYFeb 1991 to Feb 2009 · replaced

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC219181

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerActive

Operating37 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 1.33 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .05 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.83 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage120,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type34

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/08/2026

CompanyVANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CGV 4189701-00

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet12 units

Drivers21

Mileage120,000 mi

Operating37 years

MCS-15008/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away2

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

7 · 0 OOS =

2025

5 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

4 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

2 crashes ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 10 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (10% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
09/16/2025	STURBRIDGE	MA	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/28/2025	WINHALL	VT	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/01/2024	LOWELL	MA	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 10 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 6 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/24/2026	MA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MA	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	ME	Full (Level I)	ME	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2026	ME	Driver-Only (Level III)	PITTSFIELD - SCALES NB	5	0	5	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2026	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-WOBURN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	CT	Full (Level I)	UNION SCALE	2	2	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	MA	Walk-Around (Level II)	H-LUDLOW	5	0	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
06/02/2025	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	PITTSFIELD - SCALES NB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	CT	Full (Level I)	UNION SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	NH	Driver-Only (Level III)	WINDHAM	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	VT	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON RA SB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2024	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHOREHAM	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-WESTON	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/12/2024	NH	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINDHAM SCALES NORTHBOUND	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	MA	Full (Level I)	H-UXBRIDGE	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2024	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRIDGEWATER	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/26/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-BEDFORD	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-LEXINGTON	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections11

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	02BSBFH4277	$0	10/01/2013	07/10/2019	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	02BSBFH4277	$0	10/01/2013	06/05/2019	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHE A275679	$0	08/31/2014	08/31/2016	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHE8173881	$0	08/31/2010	08/31/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	AME8173900	$1,000,000	08/31/2010	08/31/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	AME 8173900	$1,000,000	08/31/2005	08/31/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	AME8173900	$750,000	08/31/2005	08/31/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHE8173881	$0	08/31/2005	08/31/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV4189700	$0	08/31/2003	10/30/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV4189700	$0	08/31/2003	08/31/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV4189700	$750,000	08/31/2003	10/30/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV4189700	$750,000	08/31/2003	08/31/2005	Replaced
34	CARGO	GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	IM 7610186	$0	05/01/1994	04/01/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MASSACHUSETTS BAY INSURANCE COMPANY	ADE6097472	$1,000,000	04/01/2000	08/31/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHN 579 33 24	$0	04/01/1999	08/31/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	6211 (97)MY3175	$0	04/01/1997	05/23/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	133 6147506	$1,000,000	04/01/1993	04/01/2000	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	02BSBFH4277	$0	02/13/2009	10/01/2013	Replaced
84	SURETY	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY		$0	02/13/1991	02/13/2009	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/15/1991	-	-
MC219181	PROPERTY BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2005
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2005
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2005
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/20/2005
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/20/2005
MC219181	HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/08/2011	-	-
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/18/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/10/1994
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/18/1999	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/08/1999
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/22/1989	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/12/1989
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/27/2000	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2000
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/27/2000	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2000
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/26/1989	-	-
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/25/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/19/1997
MC219181	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/22/2011	-	-
MC219181	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	03/19/1991	-	-

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85/100

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 85

−10

Starts at 100−15 totalFinal 85

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−3

No email address on file−2

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 12 vehicles (~0.17 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 12 vehicles (~0.17 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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)	−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.

STERLING CORPORATION

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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