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11340 W 450 S, DUNKIRK, IN, 47336

DOT# 2166278 MC# 752687 Dunkirk, Indiana 15 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 4

Jan 21, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 15, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 12, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address11340 W 450 S, DUNKIRK, IN, 47336

Mailing AddressPO BOX 1238, PORTLAND, IN, 47371-3238

Other Companies at This Address

Address11340 W 450 S, DUNKIRK, IN 47336

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
TJ EXPRESS SERVICE LLC this company	2166278	Sign in	Active
TJ EXPRESS SERVICE LLC	3507799	Sign in	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC752687

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating15 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 3.31 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.26 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.47 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,117,126 miles

Mileage Year2025

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS4.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/17/2018

Insurance

AmountNone on file

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/25/2026

CompanyMS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #TINCA4700655

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers10

Mileage1,117,126 mi

Operating15 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total23

Out of Service1

OOS Rate4.3%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service3

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/17/2018

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

7 · 1 OOS -

2024

11 · 1 OOS =

2025

13 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

0 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 Jan 2026, 20 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (15% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/01/2024	GENEVA(ADAMS)	IN	0	0	1	4	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/29/2023	NASHVILLE	TN	0	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

26 roadside violations across 20 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

Unsafe Driving 14 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 2 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 (33)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
01/21/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLYMOUTH IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLEASANT PRAIRIE WI	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	FINDLAY OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	RICHMOND IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINCHESTER IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
08/25/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEYMOUR IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTLAND IN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT VERNON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGETOWN IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOUISVILLE	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINCHESTER IN	3	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	TERRE HAUTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	RICHMOND	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEYMOUR IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2024	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	I75 NB AT SIGLER RD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASHLAND OH	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAINGER COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2024	WI	Full (Level I)	NEWTON SWEF	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTLAND IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBUS IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	RICHMOND IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2023	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEXINGTON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2023	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2023	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOUNT VERNON	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70 AT 72.4 MM	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/15/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I69 NB AT SR 332	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections22

Unsafe Driving 8 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$0	11/16/2011	07/27/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$1,000,000	10/31/2011	10/31/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$75,000	10/31/2011	10/31/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$750,000	10/31/2011	07/27/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL199514860	$1,000,000	08/15/2012	04/04/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$750,000	08/15/2011	10/31/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$0	07/27/2012	10/01/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8176620	$1,000,000	07/27/2012	08/15/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	NISTK4700655	$750,000	07/05/2024	05/14/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	NISTK4700655	$750,000	07/05/2024	07/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	NISTK4700655	$750,000	07/05/2024	04/25/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	NISTK4700655	$750,000	07/05/2024	05/12/2025	Replaced
91	BIPD	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL199531600	$0	06/12/2020	05/12/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	NISTK4700655	$750,000	05/12/2024	07/05/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	747868001	$750,000	05/12/2023	05/12/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	QHI-P2227-130873-01	$750,000	05/12/2022	05/12/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	QHI-P2227-130873-00	$750,000	05/12/2021	05/12/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL199514860	$1,000,000	04/04/2017	06/12/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL199514860	$1,000,000	04/04/2017	07/10/2020	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC752687	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/08/2011	-	-
MC752687	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/08/2011	-	-
MC752687	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/19/2011	-	-
MC752687	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/19/2011	-	-
MC752687	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	08/02/2011	-	-
MC752687	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/15/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/17/2020
MC752687	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/15/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/17/2020
MC752687	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/10/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/13/2024
MC752687	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/10/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/13/2024
MC752687	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/17/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/08/2025
MC752687	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/17/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/08/2025
MC752687	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/31/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/15/2025
MC752687	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/31/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/15/2025

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70/100

Good

NOT 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 70

−25

Starts at 100−30 totalFinal 70

No insurance or bond on file−25

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

FMCSA shows coverage is required for this authority, but no active insurance or surety bond is on file as of 8/25/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA shows insurance is required but no active insurance or surety bond is currently on file (per the latest FMCSA filing as of 8/25/2026).

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

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Crash Records (2)

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Inspection Records (33)

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