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Company CheckTROPICAL FREIGHT LLC · DOT 2816050

10117 CALDWELL DEPOT RD, CORNELIUS, NC, 28031

DOT# 2816050 MC# 938866 Cornelius, North Carolina 10 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Aug 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Aug 20, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 11, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 4, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 1, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 10, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address10117 CALDWELL DEPOT RD, CORNELIUS, NC, 28031

Mailing Address10117 CALDWELL DEPOT RD, CORNLELIUS, NC, 28031

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC938866

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 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 4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 5.07 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 miles

Mileage Year2014

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective05/17/2025

CompanyPROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA997496412

Last checked09/13/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers3

Mileage1 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15005/2026

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

2024

4 · 0 OOS -

2025

11 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

8 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

2025

1 crash =

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 Aug 2026, 21 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (9.5% OOS rate).

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
01/10/2025	BERMUDA RUN	NC	0	0	1	1	Fog/Smog	Ice	Daylight
02/09/2024	HUNTSVILLE	AL	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

7 roadside violations across 21 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

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 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 (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/20/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	BERMUDA RUN NC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE NC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HICKORY NC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/01/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MEBANE NC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-40 IREDELL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-40	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/23/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 40 WB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 40 WEST AT MUDDY CREEK	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 40 WEST REST AREA	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/11/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-40 WB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRANVILLE COUNTY, I-85, N	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	IREDELL COUNTY, I-40, E	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-40 IREDELL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRANVILLE COUNTY, I-85, N	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASHEVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-40,	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2024	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-77 NB ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections19

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA1417578	$750,000	11/30/2020	11/20/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM049422-01	$750,000	11/20/2022	01/23/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM049422-01	$750,000	11/20/2022	02/03/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA1417578	$750,000	11/20/2019	10/20/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	NCFR 906075 01	$750,000	11/20/2018	11/20/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	NCFR 801390	$750,000	11/20/2017	11/20/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	KBNC 00000661 01	$750,000	11/20/2016	11/20/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	KBNNCRF 00000661 00	$750,000	11/20/2015	11/20/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA1417578	$750,000	10/20/2020	11/30/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM059138-01	$750,000	05/18/2024	05/17/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM059138-01	$750,000	05/18/2024	05/18/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA969883910	$750,000	05/18/2023	05/18/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM049422-01	$750,000	01/23/2023	05/18/2023	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC938866	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/27/2015	-	-
MC938866	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/27/2015	-	-
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/03/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/05/2020
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/03/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/05/2020
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2019
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2019
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/19/2018
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/19/2018
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/21/2017
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/21/2017
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/16/2016
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/16/2016
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/23/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/06/2020
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/23/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/06/2020
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2025
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2025
MC938866	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/09/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/24/2023
MC938866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/09/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/24/2023

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)	−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.

TROPICAL FREIGHT LLC

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Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (23)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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