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Company CheckGENERAL TRANSPORTATION INC · DOT 603470

5530 ALMA HWY, VAN BUREN, AR, 72956

DOT# 603470 MC# 53238 Van Buren, Arkansas 4 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$75,000 bond

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

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Physical Address5530 ALMA HWY, VAN BUREN, AR, 72956

Mailing AddressPO BOX 1580, VAN BUREN, AR, 72957

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 · 07/09/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked07/23/2026

TypeTrust Fund (BMC-85)

Surety / TrusteePACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

Contact☎ (800) 595-2615
🌐 pfaprotects.com

Filings on record4

Bond history

PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.since Oct 1, 2013 · active

PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.Jul 2013 to Oct 2013 · replaced

WESTERN SURETY CO.Jan 2000 to Jul 2013 · replaced

CONTRACTOR'S BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANYJan 1993 to Nov 2001 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address5530 ALMA HWY, VAN BUREN, AR 72956

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
ART TRANSPORT INC	1058546	Sign in	Active
GENERAL TRANSPORTATION INC this company	603470	Sign in	Active
M E DECKER TRANSPORTATION INC	682965	Sign in	Active

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

DocketMC225918

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerActive

DocketFF053238

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 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 PartnerYes

Insurance

Amount$75,000 bond

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/09/2026

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker

Operating4 years

MCS-15012/2023

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%

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
85	TRUST FUND	PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	NONE	$0	07/31/2013	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	TR 4153A	$750,000	06/07/1995	07/24/2008	Cancelled
85	TRUST FUND	PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	NONE	$0	04/21/2022	04/16/2025	Cancelled
84	SURETY	CONTRACTOR'S BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY	AR0041	$0	01/16/1993	11/08/2001	Cancelled
84	SURETY	WESTERN SURETY CO.	68950214	$0	01/13/2000	07/31/2013	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC225918	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/19/1995	REVOKED	07/17/2008
FF053238	PROPERTY FREIGHT FORWARDER	GRANTED	04/27/2022	REVOKED	04/22/2025
MC225918	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/13/2022
MC225918	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	03/16/1990	REVOKED	01/29/2002
MC225918	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	02/19/2002	-	-
MC225918	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/09/1993

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87/100

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 87

−10

Starts at 100−13 totalFinal 87

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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 7/9/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

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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