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MICHAEL T LOCKHART

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Company CheckMICHAEL T LOCKHART · DOT 4339052

DBA: MTL FREIGHT BROKERAGE

276 E 150TH ST, HARVEY, IL, 60426

DOT# 4339052 MC# 1695128 Harvey, Illinois 1 years

FREIGHT FORWARDER

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0

Power Units

0

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Sep 15, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Sep 15, 2025
REVOKED PROPERTY FREIGHT FORWARDER.
Feb 4, 2025
DISMISSED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Dec 26, 2024
Registered with FMCSA.

Insurance 1

Sep 5, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (JET INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Company Information

Legal NameMICHAEL T LOCKHART

DBA NameMTL FREIGHT BROKERAGE

DOT Number4339052

MC Number1695128

Entity TypeFreight Forwarder

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationHarvey, Illinois

Added12/26/2024

MCS-15012/27/2024

Contact Details

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Physical Address276 E 150TH ST, HARVEY, IL, 60426

Mailing Address276 E 150TH ST, HARVEY, IL, 60426-2323

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketFF066838

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

DocketMC1695128

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating1 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireFederal Government

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.

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeFreight Forwarder

Operating1 years

MCS-15012/2024

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	JET INSURANCE COMPANY	JT012151	$0	01/02/2025	09/05/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1695128	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	02/04/2025	-	-
FF066838	PROPERTY FREIGHT FORWARDER	GRANTED	01/16/2025	REVOKED	09/15/2025

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94/100

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 94

94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Active freight forwarder authority N/A

Operates as a freight forwarder (FF operating authority on file), a pure freight forwarder runs no commercial motor vehicles, so for-hire motor-carrier authority does not apply.

Freight forwarder bond (BMC-84/85) on file N/A

Active freight forwarder authority on file, FMCSA requires a $75,000 surety bond / trust fund (BMC-84 or BMC-85) to keep it active. Carrier BI&PD insurance does not apply to a forwarder with no commercial motor vehicles.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 1 year(s) 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.