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AFRICA54PLUS TRANSPORTATION LLC

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Company CheckAFRICA54PLUS TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 3066833

4416 3RD ST NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN, 55421

DOT# 3066833 MC# 58569 Columbia Heights, Minnesota 8 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Feb 16, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Feb 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 4, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address4416 3RD ST NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN, 55421

Mailing Address7635 148TH ST W # 302, APPLE VALLEY, MN, 55124

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 checked07/30/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Last filing on record01/12/2021

Surety / TrusteeGRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

Contact☎ (504) 754-6711
🌐 graysurety.com

Bond cancelled Feb 3, 2023 by GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY. This company's broker authority is not currently active. 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

GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANYJan 2021 to Feb 2023 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address4416 3RD ST NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421

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AFRICA54PLUS TRANSPORTATION LLC this company	3066833	Sign in	Active
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RBA LOGISTICS LLC	3501297	Sign in	Active
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION LLC	3973576	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

DocketMC058569

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerInactive

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 3.62 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.37 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage18,720 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS25.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective02/17/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #MCP55532A

Last checked07/30/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage18,720 mi

Operating8 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service1

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2025

2 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Feb 2026, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

20 roadside violations across 4 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

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 14 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 2 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 1 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
02/16/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT VERNON	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/09/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOHAWK TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2025	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	WARWICK MD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/04/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	18	1	16	1	2	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	INVER GROVE HGTS	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	WI	Full (Level I)	SUPERIOR SWEF	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP55532A	$1,000,000	01/19/2020	01/12/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	DSI1569698-00	$750,000	01/19/2019	01/19/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	WMC1606751	$750,000	01/19/2018	01/19/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP66935A	$1,000,000	01/12/2021	01/19/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP66935A	$1,000,000	01/12/2021	03/02/2021	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY	GSC0601275	$0	01/12/2021	02/03/2023	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC058569	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/24/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/22/2019
MC058569	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/23/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2020
MC058569	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/30/2018	-	-
MC058569	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/21/2021	REVOKED	02/13/2023

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 25% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 25% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

AFRICA54PLUS TRANSPORTATION LLC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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