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Company CheckJOSHUA FREIGHT LINE LLC · DOT 2528221

350 VESPER RD, HERSHEY, PA, 17033

DOT# 2528221 MC# 878340 Hershey, Pennsylvania 11 years

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2

Power Units

2

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameJOSHUA FREIGHT LINE LLC

DOT Number2528221

MC Number878340

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationHershey, Pennsylvania

Added07/29/2014

MCS-15001/02/2026

Contact Details

Phone(717) 608-1419

Email[email protected]

Physical Address350 VESPER RD, HERSHEY, PA, 17033

Mailing Address350 VESPER RD, HERSHEY, PA, 17033

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC878340

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 years

Company Overview

JOSHUA FREIGHT LINE LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 11 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/29/2014. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 2 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 222,560 miles (2020). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH). Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, JOSHUA FREIGHT LINE LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage222,560 miles

Mileage Year2020

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

2

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

2

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

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

Last Review06/26/2019

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective01/12/2026

CompanyDB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)

Policy #PCA-0000346

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage222,560 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15001/2026

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%

Last FMCSA Review: 06/26/2019

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 · 1 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
11/13/2023	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I78 W AT EXIT 30	5	2	0	0	5	2	-	▲Detail

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2015-06-09	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2015-07-09

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN342374	$750,000	12/06/2023	01/15/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20170439-00	$750,000	11/02/2020	01/12/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS055212	$750,000	09/16/2015	01/12/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	TEA374385	$750,000	09/16/2014	09/16/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20170439-00	$750,000	09/03/2020	11/02/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN293263	$750,000	01/25/2021	01/02/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN342374	$750,000	01/15/2024	01/12/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN293263	$750,000	01/12/2021	01/25/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN293263	$750,000	01/12/2021	02/23/2021	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20170439-00	$750,000	01/12/2020	09/03/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0037112	$750,000	01/12/2019	01/12/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA0096727	$750,000	01/12/2017	01/13/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 2834890	$750,000	01/12/2016	01/12/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN320639	$750,000	01/02/2023	12/06/2023	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/17/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2019
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/12/2021
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2020
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/06/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/08/2022
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/09/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/13/2023
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/16/2020
MC878340	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	10/02/2014	-	-
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/20/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/15/2015
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/07/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/18/2020
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2022
MC878340	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/21/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2021

No revocation records.

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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) knockout	−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.