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Company CheckPENNY EXPRESS INC · DOT 45626

1202 E 13TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE, 19802

DOT# 45626 MC# 127299 Wilmington, Delaware 45 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Aug 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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 Address1202 E 13TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE, 19802

Mailing Address1202 E 13TH ST, WILMINGTON, DE, 19802-5036

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$10,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/01/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/09/2026

TypeOn file with FMCSA

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC127299

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerInactive

Operating45 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 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 9 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage30,043 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS100.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/11/1987

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type85

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/01/2026

CompanyPURDENTIAL-BACHE SECURITIES INC

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage30,043 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15007/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service1

OOS Rate100.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 05/11/1987 | Rated: 10/15/1987

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 -

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 2025, 1 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (100% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 roadside violations across 1 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 2 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/14/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	DARLINGTON MD	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN131595	$750,000	11/25/2013	08/30/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP103000300101	$1,000,000	11/10/2004	06/28/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN131595	$750,000	08/30/2013	11/25/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0054994	$1,000,000	08/30/2012	08/30/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06755702	$750,000	06/28/2012	08/30/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06755701	$750,000	06/28/2011	06/28/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	10NSMTR-100285-CA-02	$750,000	06/28/2010	06/28/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	10NSMTR-100285-CA-01	$750,000	06/28/2009	06/28/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0041529	$1,000,000	06/28/2005	06/28/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1030003001	$1,000,000	06/28/2003	05/10/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	TK3201394	$1,000,000	06/28/2002	06/28/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT 5992801	$1,000,000	06/28/2001	06/28/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	30 MS TL5800	$0	06/01/2004	04/23/2020	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT660-916X404-7-TIL-02	$0	06/01/2002	06/01/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT660-533X339-1-TIL99	$0	06/01/1999	06/01/2002	Replaced
34	CARGO	ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY	8F 40392	$0	06/01/1998	08/07/1999	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY	8F 40392	$0	06/01/1998	06/01/1999	Replaced
34	CARGO	ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY	GF 9003985	$0	06/01/1996	06/01/1998	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	39 MS LC7985	$0	06/01/1995	06/01/1996	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1030003001	$1,000,000	05/10/2004	11/10/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN315206	$1,000,000	05/01/2001	06/28/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	ATM011098	$1,000,000	05/01/1998	05/01/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.	KX274234	$1,000,000	05/01/1997	05/23/1998	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.	KX274234	$1,000,000	05/01/1997	05/01/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.	KX274234	$1,000,000	05/01/1997	05/01/1997	Replaced
34	CARGO	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3AT585 991 00	$0	05/01/1990	08/28/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF CONNECTICUT	TAP 20 18 41	$1,000,000	04/09/1996	05/01/1997	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	327461	$1,000,000	04/09/1995	04/09/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	327430	$750,000	04/09/1994	04/09/1995	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/29/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/18/2013
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/29/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/18/2013
MC127299	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	10/28/1988	REVOKED	06/04/2013
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/14/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/25/2004
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/14/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/25/2004
MC127299	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/29/1988	REVOKED	07/06/2010
MC127299	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/29/1988	REVOKED	07/06/2010
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/28/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/12/1995
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/05/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/30/2013
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/05/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/30/2013
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/03/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/29/2012
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/03/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/29/2012
MC127299	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/12/2010	-	-
MC127299	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/12/2010	-	-
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/07/1988	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/28/1988
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/25/1998	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/1998
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/24/2011
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/24/2011
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/2009
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/2009
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/30/2004
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/30/2004
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/11/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/1996
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/11/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/1996
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/11/1988	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/1988
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/05/1995
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/05/1995
MC127299	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/23/1994
MC127299	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/03/1994
MC127299	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/03/1981	REVOKED	07/06/2010

No revocation records.

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93/100

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 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

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

No email address on file−2

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 100% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 100% 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.

PENNY EXPRESS INC

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

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 (1)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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