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IOWA DISCOUNT SHIPPERS INC

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Company CheckIOWA DISCOUNT SHIPPERS INC · DOT 2224992

DBA: UNISHIPPERS

1630 1ST AVENUE NE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 52402

DOT# 2224992 MC# 357802 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 27 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Sep 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

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Physical Address1630 1ST AVENUE NE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 52402

Mailing AddressP. O. BOX 74882, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 52407

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 StatusNot on file

On File (FMCSA)None on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/06/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/14/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeFIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND

Contact☎ (410) 261-7962
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Filings on record7

Bond cancelled Nov 22, 2014 by FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND. This company's broker authority is not currently active. FMCSA requires every broker to keep a $75,000 bond on file; after a cancellation, operating authority is typically revoked within weeks. Confirm current status in FMCSA's official records before booking.

Bond history

FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLANDOct 2013 to Nov 2014 · CANCELLED

LEXON INSURANCE COMPANYApr 2009 to Oct 2013 · CANCELLED

INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANYApr 2006 to Jan 2009 · replaced

XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYApr 2004 to Apr 2006 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

DocketMC357802

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerInactive

Operating27 years

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/06/2026

Last checked09/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker

Operating27 years

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND	LPM7637554	$0	10/01/2013	11/22/2014	Cancelled
84	SURETY	LEXON INSURANCE COMPANY	7721060	$0	04/18/2009	10/06/2013	Cancelled
84	SURETY	INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY	7721060	$0	04/13/2006	01/18/2009	Replaced
84	SURETY	INTERNATIONAL FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY	7721060	$0	04/13/2006	04/18/2009	Cancelled
84	SURETY	XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7019874	$0	04/13/2004	04/12/2006	Cancelled
84	SURETY	XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7019874	$0	04/13/1999	04/12/2004	Cancelled
84	SURETY	LEXON INSURANCE COMPANY	7721060	$0	01/18/2009	04/18/2009	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC357802	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/09/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/10/2013
MC357802	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	04/28/1999	REVOKED	12/01/2014
MC357802	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/16/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/22/2006

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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

−10

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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).

-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.

IOWA DISCOUNT SHIPPERS INC

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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