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Company CheckMLS 5 INC · DOT 3707209

216 FIRST ST, ALBANY, NY, 12210

DOT# 3707209 MC# 1299600 Albany, New York 4 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

4 events tracked · latest May 21, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 21, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address216 FIRST ST, ALBANY, NY, 12210

Mailing Address216 FIRST ST, ALBANY, NY, 12210

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1299600

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 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 .08 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .88 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure .83 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.64 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage45,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceEstimated

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 OOS21.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS7.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/17/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective08/15/2024

CompanyPROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA04058105

Last checked07/28/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage45,000 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15001/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total19

Out of Service4

OOS Rate21.1%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service1

OOS Rate7.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total2

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 07/17/2023

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

5 · 0 OOS -

2024

8 · 3 OOS ▲

2025

12 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

6 · 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 May 2026, 19 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (26.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 19 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 10 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 3 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 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
05/21/2026	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CANAAN NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	CROWN POINT NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/06/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDDLETOWN NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/09/2026	NY	Full (Level I)	HIGHLAND NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	VT	Walk-Around (Level II)	VT	3	1	1	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH HUDSON NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEENSBURY NY	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2025	VT	Walk-Around (Level II)	FAIR HAVEN SCALE HOUSE	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	▲Detail
07/21/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAUGERTIES NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PERU NY	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	PERU NY	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	PERU NY	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2025	VT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BENNINGTON BYPASS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLATTSBURGH NY	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEENSBURY NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW LEBANON NY	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLIFTON PARK NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAUGERTIES NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOREAU NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	BETHLEHEM/ SELKIRK	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
03/27/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEENSBURY (NB)	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHOREHAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WORCESTER NY	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/08/2024	VT	Walk-Around (Level II)	FAIR HAVEN SCALE HOUSE	5	0	4	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	QUEENSBURY (NB)	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	QUEENSBURY (NB)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-87 SOUTH EXIT 15A	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLIFTON PARK (NB)	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/04/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATH REST AREA (WB)	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/14/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	QUEENSBURY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/26/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	KINGSTON EXIT 19 I87	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections19

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Controlled Substances 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA04058105	$750,000	09/17/2021	08/15/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NEW SOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY	2013038044	$750,000	09/02/2021	09/17/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NEW SOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY	2013038044	$750,000	09/02/2021	10/19/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1299600	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/13/2021	-	-
MC1299600	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/19/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/23/2024

No revocation records.

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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

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−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 21.0526% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 21.0526% 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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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (31)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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