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DOT# 237596 MC# MC-151533 Willimantic, Connecticut

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

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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

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/11/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Last filing on record03/08/2000

Surety / TrusteeCOLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY

Contact☎ (800) 382-2150
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Filings on record3

Bond cancelled Mar 8, 2002 by COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY. 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

COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANYMar 2000 to Mar 2002 · CANCELLED

STAR INSURANCE COMPANYMar 1995 to Mar 2000 · CANCELLED

AMERICAN BONDING COMPANYMar 1993 to Mar 1995 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address15 MANSFIELD AVE, WILLIMANTIC, CT 06226

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Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BESTWAY FREIGHT SERVICES INC	2228365	Sign in shared ×3	Active
BESTWAY FREIGHT LINES LTD this company	237596	Sign in shared ×3	Inactive
SPECTOR ENTERPRISES LTD	296375	Sign in shared ×3	Inactive

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

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC151533

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerInactive

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/25/2007

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

MCS-15004/2016

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: 07/25/2007 | Rated: 09/30/2007

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN174286	$750,000	07/16/2015	08/22/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966507	$750,000	07/16/2014	08/26/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966507	$750,000	07/16/2014	07/16/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966506	$750,000	07/16/2013	05/17/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966505	$750,000	07/16/2012	05/16/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966504	$750,000	07/16/2011	07/16/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966503	$750,000	07/16/2010	07/16/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966502	$750,000	07/16/2009	03/04/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966502	$750,000	07/16/2009	01/27/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966501	$750,000	07/16/2008	07/16/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501896	$750,000	07/16/2007	06/03/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501429	$750,000	07/16/2006	07/16/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	478396	$750,000	07/16/2005	07/16/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	456618	$1,000,000	07/16/2004	07/16/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	429227	$1,000,000	07/16/2003	02/19/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389056	$1,000,000	07/16/2002	07/16/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	360668	$1,000,000	07/16/2001	07/16/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	360668	$1,000,000	07/16/2001	07/16/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	360668	$1,000,000	07/16/2001	10/15/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	BAP 2987166 00	$1,000,000	07/16/2000	07/16/2001	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	IMP 914-86-76	$0	07/16/1997	07/16/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	133625951	$750,000	07/16/1995	07/16/2000	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	321062605	$0	07/16/1995	07/16/1993	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	321062605	$0	07/16/1995	07/16/1997	Replaced
34	CARGO	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	MPC 880207	$0	07/16/1993	06/09/1995	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	MPC 880207	$0	07/16/1993	08/24/1995	Cancelled
34	CARGO	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	MPC 880207	$0	06/09/1995	07/16/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501896	$750,000	06/03/2008	07/16/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966506	$750,000	05/17/2014	07/16/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966505	$750,000	05/16/2013	07/16/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966502	$750,000	05/04/2010	07/16/2010	Cancelled
84	SURETY	COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY	LPM4050503	$0	03/08/2000	03/08/2002	Cancelled
84	SURETY	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	SA1308714	$0	03/08/1995	03/08/2000	Cancelled
84	SURETY	AMERICAN BONDING COMPANY	9309407	$0	03/08/1993	03/15/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TIG INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2845772	$1,000,000	03/01/1994	08/03/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	429227	$1,000,000	02/19/2004	07/16/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA03966502	$750,000	01/27/2010	05/04/2010	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/22/1980	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/13/1985	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	10/10/1985	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/31/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/03/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/13/1995
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/30/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/16/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/11/1992
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/16/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/11/1992
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/16/1989	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/26/1989
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/16/1989	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/27/1989
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/16/1989	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/27/1989
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2010
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2010
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/23/2004
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/23/2004
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2011
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2011
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2005
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2005
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2009
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2009
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2007
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2007
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/14/2006
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/19/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/14/2006
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/09/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/14/1995
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/18/1982	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/04/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/01/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/21/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2014
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/21/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2014
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/19/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/24/2013
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/19/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/24/2013
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/09/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/07/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/29/2010
MC151533	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/07/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/29/2010
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/30/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/30/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	03/22/1993	REVOKED	05/24/2002
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/17/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/12/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/07/1994
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/11/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/11/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/06/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016
MC151533	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/27/1981	REVOKED	08/29/2016

No revocation records.

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48/100

Fair

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 48

−25

−12

−10

Starts at 100−52 totalFinal 48

Not active with FMCSA−25

Conditional safety rating−12

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

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

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

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

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-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.

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