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BLUE WATER TRANSPORTATION INC

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Company CheckBLUE WATER TRANSPORTATION INC · DOT 2223701

402 S UNION STREET STE A, TRAVERSE CITY, MI, 49684

DOT# 2223701 MC# 331043 Traverse City, Michigan 28 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$75,000 bond

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

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Physical Address402 S UNION STREET STE A, TRAVERSE CITY, MI, 49684

Mailing Address402 S UNION STREET STE A, TRAVERSE CITY, MI, 49684

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 · 07/09/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked07/31/2026

TypeTrust Fund (BMC-85)

Surety / TrusteeNORTHWESTERN BANK

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Filings on record7

Bond history

NORTHWESTERN BANKsince Oct 23, 2013 · active

NORTHWESTERN BANKApr 2005 to Feb 2007 · replaced

WESTERN SURETY CO.May 2003 to Apr 2005 · replaced

AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READINGMay 2001 to May 2003 · replaced

AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READINGJan 1998 to May 2001 · CANCELLED

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Address402 S UNION STREET STE A, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49684

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BLUE WATER TRANSPORTATION INC this company	2223701	Sign in	Active
BLUTRANS INC	720641	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

DocketMC331043

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating28 years

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$75,000 bond

Type85

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/09/2026

CompanyNORTHWESTERN BANK

Policy #NONE

Last checked07/31/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker

Operating28 years

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	WESTERN SURETY CO.	929285718	$0	05/14/2003	04/20/2005	Replaced
84	SURETY	AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING	929157205	$0	05/14/2001	05/14/2003	Replaced
85	TRUST FUND	NORTHWESTERN BANK	NONE	$0	04/20/2005	02/06/2007	Replaced
85	TRUST FUND	NORTHWESTERN BANK	NONE	$0	04/20/2005	03/14/2007	Name Changed
85	TRUST FUND	NORTHWESTERN BANK	NONE	$0	02/06/2007	10/23/2013	Replaced
85	TRUST FUND	NORTHWESTERN BANK	NONE	$0	02/06/2007	02/06/2007	Replaced
84	SURETY	AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING	159064531	$0	01/08/1998	05/14/2001	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC331043	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/05/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/19/2013
MC331043	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/09/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/26/2007
MC331043	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/15/1998	-	-

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98/100

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 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Active broker authority

Holds active broker authority.

Broker bond (BMC-84) on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/9/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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.

BLUE WATER TRANSPORTATION INC

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