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Company CheckINTERSTATE COLD STORAGE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC · DOT 516363

DBA: POLAR KING INTERNATIONAL

4410 NEW HAVEN AVENUE, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46803

DOT# 516363 MC# 218364 Fort Wayne, Indiana 37 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 7 violations (no OOS).
Mar 31, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 19, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 3, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

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Physical Address4410 NEW HAVEN AVENUE, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46803

Mailing Address4410 NEW HAVEN AVENUE, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46803

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC218364

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerInactive

Operating37 years

Company Overview

INTERSTATE COLD STORAGE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 37 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/12/1993. The fleet consists of 8 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 751,884 miles (2023). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 36 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, INTERSTATE COLD STORAGE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC has a Trust Score of 98/100 (Excellent).

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 6.56 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .32 · 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 4 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage751,884 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS7.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/08/1998

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

CompanyARCH INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #ZAPKG6505203

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers8

Mileage751,884 mi

Operating37 years

MCS-15005/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total23

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service1

OOS Rate7.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/08/1998 | Rated: 01/26/1998

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

13 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

7 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

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, 21 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (4.8% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
12/03/2025	SAYRE	OK	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

25 roadside violations across 21 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

Unsafe Driving 11 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (27)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/12/2026	TX	Full (Level I)	IH10 WB ANTHONY SCALE	7	0	0	7	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	KIDDER TOWNSHIP PA	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLAYTON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/22/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	AZ/CA BORDER	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	MESA AZ	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	I-10 AT CA/AZ STATE LINE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAINT MARYS OH	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	TERRE HAUTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROCKY FORD CO	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2025	NH	Walk-Around (Level II)	NH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/19/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	UNION SCALE	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/19/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	MIRAMAR MARINE BASE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARION AR	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2024	MI	Full (Level I)	PACKARD HWY	3	2	1	2	2	-	▲Detail
09/19/2024	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-95 NB ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	EDINBURGH IN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 321 LEXINGTON COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MICHIGAN CITY IN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	MIRAMAR MARINE BASE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BEMUS POINT REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HEMPSTEAD CO (HOPE WEST STN)	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	INTERSTATE HWY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections24

Unsafe Driving 6 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CITIZENS INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA	CAS 0323304	$1,000,000	12/30/1996	02/08/2005	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIDELITY & GUARANTY INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS	1CP 300255802 00	$1,000,000	12/30/1995	12/30/1996	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	FIDELITY & GUARANTY INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS	1CP 300255802 00	$10,000	12/30/1995	02/08/2005	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	MONROE GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MG213668	$1,000,000	12/30/1994	12/30/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	MONROE GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MG213668	$10,000	12/30/1994	12/30/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA C16470	$1,000,000	12/30/1992	03/15/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LM INSURANCE CORPORATION	AS5-Z91-464926-01	$1,000,000	12/01/2015	01/28/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LM INSURANCE CORPORATION	AS5-Z91-464926-01	$1,000,000	12/01/2015	02/23/2019	Cancelled
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	IN 27373	$0	10/01/2013	10/01/2013	Replaced
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	IN 27373	$0	10/01/2013	01/30/2025	Cancelled
84	SURETY	TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA	106002472	$0	10/01/2013	11/17/2013	Cancelled
84	SURETY	TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA	106002472	$0	10/01/2013	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZAPKG6505201	$750,000	07/01/2023	05/15/2025	Replaced
84	SURETY	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	310130-28891-97-6	$0	06/01/1997	02/08/2005	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	ZAPKG6505200	$750,000	05/15/2022	07/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 20656	$1,000,000	04/01/2009	02/01/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	45UENVU3502	$1,000,000	04/01/2007	04/01/2009	Replaced
84	SURETY	TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA	103538292	$0	03/11/2005	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	A7W6991818	$1,000,000	03/01/2005	03/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	A7W6991818	$1,000,000	03/01/2005	03/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	A7W6991818	$1,000,000	03/01/2004	05/03/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	A7W6991818	$1,000,000	03/01/2004	04/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 303180	$1,000,000	02/01/2015	12/01/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 300552	$1,000,000	02/01/2014	02/01/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 21778	$1,000,000	02/01/2013	02/01/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 21497	$1,000,000	02/01/2012	02/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 21197	$1,000,000	02/01/2011	02/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	MWTB 20867	$1,000,000	02/01/2010	02/01/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	8M740015	$750,000	01/28/2019	01/22/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO.	3P274757	$750,000	01/22/2020	05/15/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC218364	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/21/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2013
MC218364	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	09/11/1996	-	-
MC218364	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	09/03/1997	REVOKED	02/08/2005
MC218364	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/16/1989	REVOKED	02/08/2005
MC218364	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/06/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/2007
MC218364	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	03/30/2005	REVOKED	02/05/2025
MC218364	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/16/2005	-	-
MC218364	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/28/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2019

No revocation records.

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98/100

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 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/29/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 8 vehicles (~0.13 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 8 vehicles (~0.13 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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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Crash Records (1)

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Inspection Records (27)

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