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NORTHWEST ALABAMA TRANSPORT INC

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Company CheckNORTHWEST ALABAMA TRANSPORT INC · DOT 3063794

DBA: NWA TRANSPORT

1229 VETERANS DR, MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, 35661

DOT# 3063794 MC# 56820 Muscle Shoals, Alabama 8 years

CARRIER & BROKER Physical address changed · Aug 18, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

10 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 18, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 8

Jul 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 21, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 17, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 22, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 9, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1229 VETERANS DR, MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, 35661

Mailing Address3400 EAST 2ND ST, MUSCLE SHOALS, AL, 35661-0000

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 · 08/12/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/08/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeSURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY

Contact☎ (818) 867-6900
🌐 suretec.com

Filings on record3

Bond history

SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANYsince Aug 25, 2022 · active

SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANYFeb 2021 to Aug 2022 · replaced

AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANYSep 2018 to Dec 2019 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC056820

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating8 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 3.81 · 15 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 3.13 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,690,387 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)6

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review08/18/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/12/2026

CompanySPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #SHD-84229382

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet23 units

Drivers20

Mileage1,690,387 mi

Operating8 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)6

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away5

Driver Inspections

Total29

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service7

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 08/18/2023

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

6 · 1 OOS -

2024

16 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

14 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

7 · 2 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

5 crashes ▲

2026

1 crash ▼

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 Jul 2026, 23 inspections, 6 resulted in out-of-service (26.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (7)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
04/21/2026	RURAL COLBERT	AL	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dusk
09/17/2025	Rural Lauderdale	AL	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
07/22/2025	GOODLETTSVILLE	TN	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Dawn
04/28/2025	WHITE HOUSE	TN	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Dusk
04/16/2025	BOWLING GREEN	KY	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/02/2025	NASHVILLE	TN	1	0	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Dark - Unknown
02/29/2024	NASHVILLE	TN	2	0	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 23 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

Unsafe Driving 17 violations · 3 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 3 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 (43)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/01/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAINT JOSEPH TN	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NASHVILLE TN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	LORETTO TN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/23/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GOODLETTSVILLE TN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/15/2026	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	FLORENCE AL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2025	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	COLUMBIA TN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
10/02/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRENTWOOD TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/04/2025	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	MUSCLE SHOALS AL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRENTWOOD TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/12/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/20/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MINOR HILL TN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NASHVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PULASKI TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKLIN	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MINOR HILL TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOUNT PLEASANT TN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/23/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/09/2024	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ETHRIDGE TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	2	2	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKLIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	AL-184 RS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	AL-184 RS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	AL-184 RS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/15/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKLIN	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/11/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	AL-183 RS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/11/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	AL-184 RS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2023	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2023	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 43 S	3	2	1	2	2	-	▲Detail
11/02/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRITTENDEN CO (BRIDGEPORT STN)	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	OK	Full (Level I)	SEQUOYAH PORT OF ENTRY	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2023	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-65 NB - WILLIAMSON CO	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections27

Unsafe Driving 15 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	AI-100116-00	$750,000	12/07/2021	12/07/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	AI-100116-00	$750,000	12/07/2021	12/07/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	301644001	$750,000	12/07/2020	12/07/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	SC19120497	$750,000	12/07/2019	12/07/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	SC18120350	$750,000	12/07/2018	12/07/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA6383112	$750,000	12/07/2017	04/11/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA6383112	$750,000	12/07/2017	05/15/2018	Name Changed
84	SURETY	AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY	100407189	$0	09/13/2018	12/18/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA 6383112	$750,000	04/11/2018	12/07/2018	Replaced
84	SURETY	SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY	5300083	$0	02/23/2021	08/25/2022	Replaced
84	SURETY	SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY	5300083	$0	02/23/2021	09/24/2022	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC056820	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/13/2017	-	-
MC056820	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/12/2018	REVOKED	12/24/2019
MC056820	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/12/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/09/2024
MC056820	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/12/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/10/2019
MC056820	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/10/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/07/2020
MC056820	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/29/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/01/2022
MC056820	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/12/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/12/2018
MC056820	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	02/24/2021	-	-

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−4

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 8/12/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

-4

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 6 crash(es) across 23 vehicles (~0.26 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−4 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 6 crash(es) across 23 vehicles (~0.26 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

NORTHWEST ALABAMA TRANSPORT INC

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (7)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (43)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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