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KNIES TRANSPORT LLC

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Company CheckKNIES TRANSPORT LLC · DOT 1081249

DBA: KNIES TRANSPORT

355 W MELCHOIR DR N, SANTA CLAUS, IN, 47579

DOT# 1081249 MC# 845095 Santa Claus, Indiana 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jul 22, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

May 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 30, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Jul 22, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

Phone(812) 202-1469

Email[email protected]

Physical Address355 W MELCHOIR DR N, SANTA CLAUS, IN, 47579

Mailing Address355 W MELCHOIR DR N, SANTA CLAUS, IN, 47579

Other Companies at This Address

Address355 W MELCHOIR DR N, SANTA CLAUS, IN 47579

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
AUTO LOGISTICS GROUP LLC	4103720	(812) 202-1469 shared ×3	Active
KNIES TRANSPORT LLC this company	1081249	(812) 202-1469 shared ×3	Active
MIDWEST AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LLC	4443130	(812) 202-1469 shared ×3	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

DocketMC845095

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 years

Company Overview

KNIES TRANSPORT LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Santa Claus, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 12 years, registered with the FMCSA on 12/17/2002. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 48,864 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, KNIES TRANSPORT LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage48,864 miles

Mileage Year2023

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

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective11/04/2025

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN380092

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage48,864 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15002/2025

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

2024

1 · 0 OOS —

2025

1 · 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 May 2025 — 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

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 (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/29/2025 ▼	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HENDERSON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.75A — CFR 393.75A OOS
07/30/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	PIEDMONT SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2464025	$1,000,000	10/24/2013	05/30/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2464025	$750,000	10/24/2013	10/24/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA977880258	$1,000,000	07/15/2024	07/22/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN157494	$1,000,000	05/30/2015	02/24/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST176896	$750,000	05/30/2014	05/30/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA977880258	$1,000,000	02/24/2024	07/15/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN293657	$1,000,000	02/24/2021	02/24/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN293657	$1,000,000	02/24/2021	03/11/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	274123001	$1,000,000	02/24/2020	02/24/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN236950	$1,000,000	02/24/2019	02/24/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN236950	$1,000,000	02/24/2019	03/24/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0006487	$1,000,000	02/24/2017	02/24/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA2890955	$1,000,000	02/24/2016	02/24/2017	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC845095	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/15/2013	-	-
MC845095	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/04/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/27/2015
MC845095	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/13/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/27/2024

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.

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

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) knockout	−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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Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

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