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HOWARDS VANLINES INC

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Company CheckHOWARDS VANLINES INC · DOT 4391903

141 LANZA AVE, GARFILED, NJ, 07026

DOT# 4391903 MC# 1722990 Garfiled, New Jersey

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Apr 15, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Apr 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Nov 3, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 26, 2025
GRANTED HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER.
May 19, 2025
DISMISSED HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER.
Apr 9, 2025
Registered with FMCSA.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address141 LANZA AVE, GARFILED, NJ, 07026

Mailing AddressPOX 28 254 PALISADE AVE, GARFILED, NJ, 07026

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Address141 LANZA AVE, GARFILED, NJ 07026

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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

DocketMC1722990

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

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 2 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 2.8 · 1 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 21.2 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

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 OOS50.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective09/18/2025

CompanyADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #MC027326

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

2025

1 · 1 OOS -

2026

1 · 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 Apr 2026, 2 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (100% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 2 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 · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/15/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	11	2	0	0	11	2	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57 S/B	5	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections2

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1722990	HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/26/2025	-	-
MC1722990	HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	05/19/2025	-	-

No revocation records.

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80/100

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 80

−10

Starts at 100−20 totalFinal 80

Very new carrier (under 1 year)−10

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle 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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

Very new carrier (under 1 year)

Operating authority was granted less than a year ago.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 50% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 50% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

HOWARDS VANLINES INC

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SMS BASIC Scores

Drivers

Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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