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FRIENDS LOGISTICS LLC

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Company CheckFRIENDS LOGISTICS LLC · DOT 3473177

27 FOREST BROOK DR, N PLAINFIELD, NJ, 07060

DOT# 3473177 MC# 1137413 N Plainfield, New Jersey 5 years

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1

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameFRIENDS LOGISTICS LLC

DOT Number3473177

MC Number1137413

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationN Plainfield, New Jersey

Added08/19/2020

MCS-15010/25/2025

Contact Details

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Physical Address27 FOREST BROOK DR, N PLAINFIELD, NJ, 07060

Mailing Address27 FOREST BROOK DR, N PLAINFIELD, NJ, 07060

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1137413

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 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 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage62,240 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

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$750,000

Type91X

Effective10/02/2025

CompanySOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #TMA91000948

Last checked08/04/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage62,240 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15010/2025

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%

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 3 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Crash Records (1)

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
07/12/2023	FLORENCE	SC	0	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Inspection Records (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/20/2024	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDDLETOWN DE	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/28/2024	DE	Full (Level I)	MIDDLETOWN DE	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/31/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	KNOXVILLE TN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/12/2023	SC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 76 FLORENCE COUNTY	7	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA71002070	$750,000	12/02/2023	09/02/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GWP61472 00	$750,000	11/11/2020	09/02/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	10/02/2024	01/27/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	10/02/2024	02/21/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA71002070	$750,000	09/02/2023	11/24/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CC9101182	$750,000	09/02/2022	09/02/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CC9101182	$750,000	09/02/2022	09/03/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CC9100318	$750,000	09/02/2021	09/02/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GWP61472 00	$750,000	09/02/2020	11/11/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	04/22/2025	10/02/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	03/13/2025	04/22/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	03/13/2025	05/16/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	01/27/2025	03/13/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TMA81001480	$750,000	01/27/2025	03/20/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1137413	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/08/2023	REVOKED	09/09/2024
MC1137413	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/28/2024	-	-
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/15/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2020
MC1137413	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/10/2020	REVOKED	12/04/2023
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/05/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/02/2025
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/08/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/22/2022
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/07/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/01/2023
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/06/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/31/2021
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2025
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/14/2025
MC1137413	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/27/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/28/2025

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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.