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526 KORNEGAY ST, DOTHAN, AL, 36301

DOT# 846781 MC# 374156 Dothan, Alabama 26 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 7, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Dec 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 2, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 10, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($5,000,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(334) 792-8100

Fax(334) 792-3934

Email[email protected]

Physical Address526 KORNEGAY ST, DOTHAN, AL, 36301

Mailing Address2060 S BEVERLYE ROAD, DOTHAN, AL, 36301

Other Companies at This Address

Address526 KORNEGAY ST, DOTHAN, AL 36301

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BLS CHARTERS INC this company	846781	(334) 792-8100	Active
TRI-STATES PAPER SUPPLY LLC	340253	(334) 792-3441	Inactive

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

DocketMC374156

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 years

Company Overview

BLS CHARTERS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Dothan, Alabama. The company has been in operation for 26 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/03/2000. The fleet consists of 10 power units and 19 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 200,000 miles (2025). With zero crashes across 11 inspections, BLS CHARTERS INC maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, BLS CHARTERS INC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Passenger Carrier

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 1.6 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage200,000 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS9.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/08/2025

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyTRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #KAA012822603

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers19

Mileage200,000 mi

Operating26 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service1

OOS Rate9.1%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 07/08/2025 | Rated: 07/08/2025

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

2025

11 · 1 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Dec 2025, 11 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (9.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

7 roadside violations across 11 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 7 violations · 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 (11)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	PUNTA GORDA FL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	2	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/26/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2025	AL	Terminal (Level V)	DOTHAN AL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections11

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	72APN268884	$1,500,000	11/08/2004	03/06/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1086 02	$5,000,000	08/28/2002	03/31/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	5010808	$5,000,000	08/14/2020	03/10/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAD 0608820-06	$5,000,000	04/10/2011	03/10/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LPA101330	$5,000,000	03/31/2003	03/31/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1086 02	$5,000,000	03/31/2002	08/28/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1086-01	$5,000,000	03/31/2002	03/31/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1086 01	$5,000,000	03/31/2001	03/31/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	RPT 000 1086	$5,000,000	03/31/2000	03/31/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY	KAA012822401	$1,000,000	03/10/2024	03/10/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	KXA012822401	$4,000,000	03/10/2024	03/10/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	KCA 2660661	$5,000,000	03/10/2021	02/15/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	KCA 2660661	$5,000,000	03/10/2021	03/05/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	5010808	$5,000,000	03/10/2020	09/11/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	5010808	$5,000,000	03/10/2020	08/14/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAR 1608820-00	$5,000,000	03/10/2017	03/10/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB0018211	$5,000,000	03/10/2016	03/10/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB0018211	$5,000,000	03/10/2016	04/14/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	DDX 0608820-00	$4,650,000	03/10/2010	04/10/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAD 0608820-05	$350,000	03/10/2010	04/10/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAD0608820-01	$5,000,000	03/10/2006	03/10/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAE 0608820-00	$5,000,000	03/10/2005	03/10/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	KCA 2660661	$5,000,000	02/15/2022	03/10/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	87833420074	$4,000,000	01/19/2000	04/04/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	72APN138432	$1,000,000	01/19/2000	04/06/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	72APN138432	$1,000,000	01/19/2000	03/31/2000	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC374156	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/08/2006	-	-
MC374156	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/11/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/10/2025
MC374156	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/10/2000	REVOKED	04/06/2004
MC374156	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/07/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/16/2022

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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.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/7/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.

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Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (11)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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