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VIKING SHIP INC

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Company CheckVIKING SHIP INC · DOT 577879

531 PINEWOOD DRIVE, NEBRASKA CITY, NE, 68410

DOT# 577879 MC# 282629 Nebraska City, Nebraska 31 years

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Crashes (24-Month)

$75,000 bond

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

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Physical Address531 PINEWOOD DRIVE, NEBRASKA CITY, NE, 68410

Mailing Address531 PINEWOOD DRIVE, NEBRASKA CITY, NE, 68410

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)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked07/27/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeMERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)

Contact☎ (800) 678-8171
🌐 merchantsbonding.com

Filings on record2

Bond history

MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)since Oct 1, 2013 · active

MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)Nov 2009 to Oct 2013 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

DocketMC282629

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerActive

Operating31 years

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review11/18/2011

Insurance

Amount$75,000 bond

Type34

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyPENN-AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #PAC6063249

Last checked07/27/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker

Operating31 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 11/18/2011

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	NE 50000	$0	11/30/2009	10/30/2013	Cancelled
84	SURETY	MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)	NE 50000	$0	11/30/2009	10/01/2013	Replaced
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF 15249-0898	$0	10/29/2002	08/20/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP 214842-0898	$1,000,000	10/29/2002	08/20/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107301	$750,000	09/21/2007	08/20/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	469830	$750,000	09/21/2006	09/21/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	469724	$750,000	09/21/2005	09/21/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 7577634	$1,000,000	08/20/2010	06/30/2015	Replaced
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107303	$0	08/20/2009	08/20/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107303	$750,000	08/20/2009	08/20/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107302	$750,000	08/20/2008	08/20/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107302	$0	08/20/2008	08/20/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02107301	$0	08/20/2007	08/20/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C328564	$0	08/20/2006	08/20/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C328385	$0	08/20/2005	08/20/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C307958	$0	08/20/2004	08/20/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	BA2492757	$0	08/20/2003	08/20/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C094765	$0	08/20/2003	08/20/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	BA2492757	$750,000	08/20/2003	09/21/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	BA2492757	$750,000	08/20/2003	10/02/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF152490898	$0	08/20/1998	12/01/2002	Name Changed
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF152490898	$0	08/20/1998	10/29/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP2148420898	$1,000,000	08/20/1998	12/01/2002	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP2148420898	$1,000,000	08/20/1998	10/29/2002	Replaced
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF152490897	$0	08/20/1997	08/20/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP2148420897	$1,000,000	08/20/1997	08/20/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	291049	$1,000,000	08/20/1996	08/20/1997	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	MTC037626	$0	08/20/1996	08/20/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 7577634	$1,000,000	06/30/2015	05/18/2018	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP18412E	$0	01/09/1995	08/20/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP18412E	$750,000	01/09/1995	08/20/1996	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC282629	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/11/2009	-	-
MC282629	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/04/2013
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/06/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2005
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/06/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2005
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/27/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/19/2007
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/27/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/19/2007
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/25/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/21/2006
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/25/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/21/2006
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/20/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/06/1996
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/20/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/06/1996
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/26/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/10/2010
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/26/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/11/2010
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/26/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/31/2004
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/25/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/17/2005
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2009
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2009
MC282629	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/13/2008
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/13/2008
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/20/2007
MC282629	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/15/2006
MC282629	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/17/1995	REVOKED	05/29/2018
MC282629	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/17/1995	REVOKED	05/29/2018

No revocation records.

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Active broker authority

Holds active broker authority.

Broker bond (BMC-84) on file

Active broker authority on file, FMCSA requires a BMC-84 surety bond ($75K) to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.

VIKING SHIP INC

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