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SULLIVAN MOVING & STORAGE INC

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Company CheckSULLIVAN MOVING & STORAGE INC · DOT 56181

DBA: THE CMS COMPANIES

5704 COPLEY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92111-7905

DOT# 56181 MC# 127405 San Diego, California 34 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 1, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Sep 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Aug 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 7, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5704 COPLEY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92111-7905

Mailing Address21620 88TH PL S, KENT, WA, 98031

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC127405

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating34 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 .82 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .5 · 4 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 5.1 · 17 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage275,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS8.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/10/2025

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective04/01/2026

CompanyVANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #MEC 3202000-00

Last checked09/15/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers42

Mileage275,000 mi

Operating34 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total23

Out of Service2

OOS Rate8.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total24

Out of Service4

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/10/2025 | Rated: 08/10/2006

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

4 · 1 OOS -

2024

13 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

19 · 5 OOS ▲

2026

10 · 2 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 Sep 2026, 32 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (21.9% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 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
02/07/2025	CARLSBAD	CA	0	1	0	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

58 roadside violations across 32 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 35 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 18 violations · 1 OOS

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

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 3 violations · 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 (46)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/01/2026	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOMA CO	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	5	0	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
06/10/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/21/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/01/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF S.B	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
12/30/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CARSON PLATFORM SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	405 NB CARSON SCALES	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	405 NB CARSON SCALES	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/07/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	DESERT HILLS IF	4	1	1	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF (NORTHBOUND)	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	CA	Terminal (Level V)	5704 COPLEY DR	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/26/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	405 NB CARSON SCALES	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/01/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	HEBER AZ	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2024	AZ	Full (Level I)	SANDERS AZ	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/24/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/20/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/28/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SAN ONOFRE IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF SOUTHBOUND	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2023	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	SAN ONOFRE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	DESERT HILLS IF	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
10/12/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	OTAY MESA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections31

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 17 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011703	$0	12/01/2011	04/20/2015	Name Changed
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011703	$0	12/01/2011	03/17/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CMA3011700	$750,000	12/01/2011	03/17/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CMA3011700	$750,000	12/01/2011	04/20/2015	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRT3011701	$1,000,000	11/01/2009	07/28/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011701	$0	11/01/2009	11/01/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011701	$0	11/01/2009	07/28/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRT3011701	$1,000,000	11/01/2009	06/01/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRT3011701	$1,000,000	11/01/2009	07/29/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011701	$0	11/01/2009	06/01/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011701	$0	11/01/2009	07/29/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRT3011701	$1,000,000	11/01/2009	11/01/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CG 00131800	$0	11/01/1991	11/01/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 00131800	$1,000,000	11/01/1991	11/01/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011702	$0	06/01/2011	12/01/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRT3011702	$1,000,000	06/01/2011	12/01/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGT3011703	$0	03/17/2015	04/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CMA3011700	$1,000,000	03/17/2015	04/01/2023	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC127405	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/07/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/12/2005
MC127405	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/07/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/12/2005
MC127405	HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/06/2015	-	-
MC127405	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/06/1992	-	-
MC127405	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/06/1992	-	-
MC127405	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/05/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/13/2011
MC127405	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/05/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/13/2011
MC127405	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/17/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/25/2015
MC127405	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/17/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/25/2015

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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

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 8.6957% vs national avg 5.51%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 17 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 17 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 8.6957% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

SULLIVAN MOVING & STORAGE INC

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Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (46)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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