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Company CheckJ MERLOS EXPRESS LLC · DOT 3250735

4703 PICKETT CT, MORNINGSIDE, MD, 20746

DOT# 3250735 MC# 1022969 Morningside, Maryland 7 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

6 events tracked · latest Jul 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Jul 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jun 10, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 4, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jun 28, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address4703 PICKETT CT, MORNINGSIDE, MD, 20746

Mailing Address4703 PICKETT CT, MORNINGSIDE, MD, 20746

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1022969

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating7 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 5.91 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .5 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.94 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage301,001 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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS12.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective08/24/2023

CompanyAGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC

Policy #CA 0039909

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers12

Mileage301,001 mi

Operating7 years

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total25

Out of Service3

OOS Rate12.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total22

Out of Service4

OOS Rate18.2%

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 · 2 OOS -

2024

11 · 2 OOS =

2025

14 · 2 OOS =

2026

4 · 2 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

1 crash =

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).

Driver Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (4)

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
06/10/2026	GREENBELT	MD	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight
06/28/2025	STEVENSVILLE	MD	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/01/2024	BRANDYWINE	MD	2	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/12/2023	S OSBORNE RD	MD	0	1	3	Other/Unknown	Other/Unknown	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

42 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

Vehicle Maintenance 27 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 11 violations · 2 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 3 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 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 (31)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/04/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	GREENE TOWNSHIP PA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLARKSBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SYKESVILLE MD	6	1	0	0	6	1	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	LEXINGTON PARK MD	5	2	0	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
12/29/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VIENNA MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDDLE RIVER MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	BURTONSVILLE MD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOWIE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	CLARKSBURG MD	5	2	1	1	4	1	-	▲Detail
10/09/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	LITTLE ORLEANS MD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRASONVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DARLINGTON MD	5	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/31/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	THURMONT MD	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTHBOUND ON 895}TOLL FACILIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FAIRFAX VA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2024	PA	Full (Level I)	I83 NB MM 33 NEWBERRY TWP - I8	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SOUTHBOUND ON 895}TOLL FACILIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY	3	2	3	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SOUTHBOUND ON 895}TOLL FACILIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 50 E/B BAY BRIDGE TOLL FAC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	RT 50 E/B BAY BRIDGE TOLL FAC	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CECIL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DAHLGREN VA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 NORTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY	4	2	1	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
10/31/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-270 N/B HYATTSTOWN SCALEHOUS	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections25

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2019-06-10	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2019-10-07

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	12/06/2021	01/11/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	12/06/2021	02/07/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$1,000,000	12/05/2019	02/26/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	11/09/2021	01/07/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	11/09/2021	12/06/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	10/05/2021	12/08/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	10/05/2021	11/09/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	09/07/2021	11/08/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	09/07/2021	10/05/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	08/11/2021	10/08/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	08/11/2021	09/07/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA2189410	$750,000	07/02/2020	07/01/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA959421035	$1,000,000	07/01/2022	06/22/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	07/01/2021	08/11/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	07/01/2021	09/07/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0039909	$1,000,000	06/22/2023	08/24/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	05/31/2022	07/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	04/07/2022	05/31/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	04/07/2022	06/03/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$750,000	03/31/2020	07/02/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	03/03/2022	05/09/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	03/03/2022	04/07/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$1,000,000	02/26/2020	03/31/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$1,000,000	02/26/2020	05/04/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$1,000,000	02/26/2019	12/05/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0016632	$1,000,000	02/26/2019	01/03/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	01/11/2022	03/10/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0027272	$1,000,000	01/11/2022	03/03/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1022969	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/11/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/16/2021
MC1022969	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/09/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/02/2022
MC1022969	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/2019	-	-
MC1022969	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/11/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/07/2022
MC1022969	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/30/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/25/2020
MC1022969	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/11/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2022

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−3

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 12% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 5 vehicles (~0.2 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 12% 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.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (31)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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