← Back to Search

VALIDATED

CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC

Trust Score

Excellent Why this score?

Company CheckCHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC · DOT 73670

7201 MAIN ST, RALSTON, NE, 68127

DOT# 73670 MC# 74169 Ralston, Nebraska 45 years

CARRIER

★★★★★ Ratings & reviews

Save to favorites Watch, alerts on changes Write a review Add a private note Download PDF report

Create free account →

Free • 30 seconds • Already a member? Log in

Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

Is this your company? Claim your profile →

Just researching? Create a free account →

Deep records on this carrier, only on LoadWrap

SMS BASIC Scores→ Safety & Inspections→ Licensing & Insurance→ Know Your Rights→ VIN Watch & CARB Check→ Get Change Alerts→

Public record

3 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Jun 12, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

PhoneSign in to view

EmailSign in to view

Physical Address7201 MAIN ST, RALSTON, NE, 68127

Mailing Address7201 MAIN ST, RALSTON, NE, 68127

Other Companies at This Address

Address7201 MAIN ST, RALSTON, NE 68127

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC this company	73670	Sign in	Active
DUDLEY'S TRANSCONTINENTAL MOVERS	31214	Sign in	Active
SISTERS FORWARDING INC	2973652	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

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC074169

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

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 5 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage168,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/30/2012

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/28/2026

CompanyVANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #MRV 3007900-00

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers11

Mileage168,000 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/30/2012 | Rated: 05/20/2008

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

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 Jun 2026, 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
04/21/2024	I-80	NE	1	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 2 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 1 violation · 1 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/12/2026	NC	Full (Level I)	KERNERSVILLE NC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	MAYVIEW MO	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/14/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALLEGANY COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	NE	Full (Level I)	MM256 I80	2	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2024	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	PUEBLO CO	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	NE	Full (Level I)	WAVERLY EAST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections2

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	MC-000000455	$750,000	11/01/2020	11/30/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	MC-000000455	$750,000	11/01/2019	11/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC	TPP1222541	$1,000,000	11/01/2016	11/01/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC	TPP1222541	$750,000	11/01/2016	12/04/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC	TPP1222541	$750,000	11/01/2016	11/01/2019	Replaced
34	CARGO	HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	RHK D078987	$0	11/01/2016	11/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV 3007903-00	$1,000,000	11/01/2013	11/01/2016	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV 3007901-00	$0	11/01/2013	11/01/2016	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV 3007901-00	$0	11/01/2013	12/01/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP101251	$750,000	11/01/2007	11/01/2013	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP101251	$0	11/01/2007	11/01/2013	Replaced
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV3007900	$0	11/01/2004	11/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV3007902	$750,000	11/01/2004	11/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	TRV3007900	$1,000,000	11/01/2000	11/01/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	CGV3007900	$0	11/01/2000	11/01/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	2E11004	$1,000,000	11/01/1999	11/01/2000	Replaced
91	BIPD	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	026JB7268	$0	07/20/1981	11/01/1999	Replaced
91	BIPD	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	026JB7268	$0	07/20/1981	11/21/1999	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	326JA8692	$0	06/04/1977	11/01/2000	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2021	-	-
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2021	-	-
MC074169	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/02/2004
MC074169	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/02/2004
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/07/1981	REVOKED	02/22/1983
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/16/1981	REVOKED	08/07/1981
MC074169	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
MC074169	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/20/1983	REVOKED	12/06/2021
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/20/1981	TRANSFERRED	04/20/1981
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/22/1983	REVOKED	04/20/1983
MC074169	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	01/13/1989	REVOKED	12/06/2021

No revocation records.

Stay ahead of changes

You are checking CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Authority gets revoked, insurance lapses, and a company that looks clean today can change overnight. Create an account, add this company to your list,
and the moment their authority, insurance, safety or contact details change, you see it on your dashboard, or get it by email with Pro.

Add them to your list

Keep this company and every partner you vet in one place you can come back to.

Get a change alert

The moment authority, insurance or safety status moves, you hear about it first.

See the full history

Trust Score over time and the complete authority and insurance timeline, not just today.

95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% 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.

CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC

Trust Score

Public record

Company Information

Contact Details

Other Companies at This Address

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

You are checking CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Add them to your list

Get a change alert

See the full history