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UNIVERSE FREIGHT EXPRESS INC

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Company CheckUNIVERSE FREIGHT EXPRESS INC · DOT 3534871

2454 E OAKTON ST, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, 60005

DOT# 3534871 MC# 1178122 Arlington Heights, Illinois 5 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 12, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Aug 8, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 31, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 15, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 13, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Oct 23, 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 Address2454 E OAKTON ST, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, 60005

Mailing Address2454 E OAKTON ST, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, 60005

Other Companies at This Address

Address2454 E OAKTON ST, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60005

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
UNIVERSE FREIGHT EXPRESS INC this company	3534871	Sign in	Active
MOK TRANSPORT LLC	2030665	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

DocketMC1178122

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 3.3 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.39 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.2 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage330,000 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 OOS5.6% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/22/2026

CompanyEVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CW3EVR-994594-01

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers10

Mileage330,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15006/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.6%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

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

6 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 0 OOS =

2025

6 · 0 OOS =

2026

13 · 1 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 Aug 2026, 21 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (4.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

13 roadside violations across 21 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 5 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 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 (35)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
08/08/2026	NM	Full (Level I)	NM	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/15/2026	CO	Full (Level I)	LOMA CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	EMIGRANT HILL OR	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	GREENTOWN PA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	MAYVIEW MO	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	YAKIMA WA	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	OROGRANDE PORT OF ENTRY	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/20/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	430 WEST THIRD STREET	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	MAYVIEW MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/18/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	UNION SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2025	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-WESTFIELD	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/08/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	@I 287 NB EXT 10 TO EASTON AVE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/20/2025	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BENSON	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2025	GA	Full (Level I)	LAVONIA GA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIVERMORE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/03/2024	AZ	Full (Level I)	ST. GEORGE UT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	LAVONIA GA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLEASANT PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-680 NB NO MISSION GRADE CVEF	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HEMPSTEAD CO (HOPE EAST STN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENWICH SCALE EAST BOUND	3	0	2	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/20/2024	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2023	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	ASHEVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-40,	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2023	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/30/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2023	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	CO	Full (Level I)	DUMONT POE EB	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOVINA SCALE I-20 EAST	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections19

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	KBI000352-00	$750,000	09/10/2022	01/27/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	KBI000352-00	$750,000	09/10/2022	02/09/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EIC-974300-00	$750,000	05/09/2024	05/09/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EIC-974300-00	$750,000	05/09/2024	11/15/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EIC-974300-00	$750,000	05/09/2024	05/12/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA969589800	$750,000	05/09/2023	05/09/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA945556279	$750,000	02/12/2021	01/14/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	KBI000352-00	$750,000	01/27/2023	05/09/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA945556279	$750,000	01/15/2021	02/12/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA945556279	$750,000	01/15/2021	03/09/2021	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM042518-01	$750,000	01/14/2022	09/10/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/21/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/23/2024
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/09/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/27/2022
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/04/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/22/2022
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/15/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/13/2025
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/04/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/16/2021
MC1178122	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/22/2021	-	-
MC1178122	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/30/2023

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 5.5556% 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 5.5556% 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

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (35)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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