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MERKA BROTHERS INC

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Company CheckMERKA BROTHERS INC · DOT 3973067

4341 BUNKER HILL DR, ALGONQUIN, IL, 60102

DOT# 3973067 MC# 1485255 Algonquin, Illinois 3 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 Jun 15, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 15, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Mar 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address4341 BUNKER HILL DR, ALGONQUIN, IL, 60102

Mailing Address4341 BUNKER HILL DR, ALGONQUIN, IL, 60102

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1485255

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 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 12.35 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .12 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 8.13 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage200,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective06/01/2025

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300159545

Last checked09/16/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage200,000 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15001/2026

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

2024

5 · 2 OOS -

2025

3 · 1 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 Jun 2026, 13 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (30.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 13 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 13 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 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 (14)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/15/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/10/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH HUDSON NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/10/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALLKILL NY	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2026	FL	Walk-Around (Level II)	JASPER FL	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	CANTON OH	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 95 24MM	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/29/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	TERRE HAUTE IN	4	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/28/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	IL-38	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I40 EB NEAR 138MM	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	PA	Full (Level I)	I83 NB MM 33 NEWBERRY TWP - I8	3	1	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	FL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ASTOR FL	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	DE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDDLETOWN DE	2	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/14/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	GARRETT COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections13

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA963821234	$750,000	12/01/2022	06/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA981605273	$750,000	06/01/2024	06/01/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EIC-825022-00	$750,000	06/01/2023	06/01/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1485255	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/06/2022	-	-
MC1485255	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/06/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/24/2024

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97/100

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 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

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

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

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.

MERKA BROTHERS INC

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Company Information

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (14)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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