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UNIVERSAL FORWARDING CO INC

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Company CheckUNIVERSAL FORWARDING CO INC · DOT 2973905

140 EPPING RD SUITE 4, EXETER, NH, 03833

DOT# 2973905 MC# 1865 Exeter, New Hampshire 30 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$75,000 bond

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

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Physical Address140 EPPING RD SUITE 4, EXETER, NH, 03833

Mailing Address140 EPPING RD SUITE 4, EXETER, NH, 03833

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 · 08/11/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/09/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeMERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)

Contact☎ (800) 678-8171
🌐 merchantsbonding.com

Filings on record3

Bond history

MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)since Aug 1, 2018 · active

MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)Aug 2015 to Aug 2018 · replaced

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2013 to Aug 2015 · replaced

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Other Companies at This Address

Address140 EPPING RD SUITE 4, EXETER, NH 03833

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Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
UNIVERSAL FORWARDING CO INC this company	2973905	Sign in	Active
ZOLTAN JASZKA	2353323	Sign in	Active
DOVER TRANSPORTATION INC	259618	Sign in	Inactive
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC	516281	Sign in	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

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketFF001865

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating30 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

Type84

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/11/2026

CompanyMERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)

Policy #NH5133475

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Operating30 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	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	42BSBGP8006	$0	10/01/2013	08/01/2015	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHV 8828465	$0	08/26/2010	03/23/2013	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHN 3785177	$0	08/26/2008	08/26/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHN 3785177	$0	08/26/2008	09/26/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	IHV8172416	$0	08/26/2005	08/26/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	IMO 690 32 74	$0	08/26/1996	08/26/2005	Replaced
34	CARGO	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	IMO 690 32 74	$0	08/26/1996	10/07/2005	Cancelled
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	NH 1221	$0	08/01/2015	08/01/2018	Replaced
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	NH 1221	$0	08/01/2015	08/31/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV3835601	$1,000,000	04/04/2013	02/13/2020	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	04 MS GP1286	$0	02/22/1996	08/26/1996	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRAPHIC ARTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	BAC 1872875	$1,000,000	01/01/1996	04/04/2013	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
FF001865	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
FF001865	PROPERTY FREIGHT FORWARDER	GRANTED	03/18/1996	-	-

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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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 8/11/2026.

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.

UNIVERSAL FORWARDING CO INC

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