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Company CheckVLH TRANSPORTATION INC · DOT 1619806

1003 48TH STREET, NEWPORT NEWS, VA, 23607

DOT# 1619806 MC# 655784 Newport News, Virginia 17 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest May 26, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 13, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

Phone(757) 880-5772

Fax(757) 637-7736

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1003 48TH STREET, NEWPORT NEWS, VA, 23607

Mailing AddressPO BOX 9365, HAMPTON, VA, 23670

Other Companies at This Address

Address1003 48TH STREET, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23607

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
VLH HAULING LC	3333439	(757) 751-7426	Active
VLH TRANSPORTATION INC this company	1619806	(757) 880-5772	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

DocketMC655784

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating17 years

Company Overview

VLH TRANSPORTATION INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Newport News, Virginia. The company has been in operation for 17 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/19/2007. The fleet consists of 12 power units and 12 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 310,180 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 22 inspections, VLH TRANSPORTATION INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, VLH TRANSPORTATION INC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

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 .61 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage310,180 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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS10.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review11/30/2020

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/15/2023

CompanyACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CAA 4552800

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet12 units

Drivers12

Mileage310,180 mi

Operating17 years

MCS-15005/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total10

Out of Service1

OOS Rate10.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 11/30/2020

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

7 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

6 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

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 May 2026, 17 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (5.9% 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
01/03/2024	SUFFOLK	VA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

4 roadside violations across 17 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 2 violations · 1 OOS

Other (General) 2 violations · 0 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 (19)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/26/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEWPORT NEWS VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SUFFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	SUFFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/21/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	SUFFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	2	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/07/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	NEWPORT NEWS VA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/11/2023	VA	Full (Level I)	NIT SOUTH GATE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2023	VA	Full (Level I)	RT 60	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections16

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5380143	$1,000,000	12/18/2009	08/06/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E5 11 16	$750,000	09/17/2016	09/15/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E5 11 16	$750,000	09/17/2016	10/15/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WF011471	$750,000	09/15/2022	09/15/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	FLTRK000000607	$750,000	09/15/2020	09/15/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	FLTRK000000607	$750,000	09/15/2020	10/19/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMC PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	5E51116	$750,000	09/15/2018	09/15/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E51116	$750,000	09/15/2017	10/17/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E51116	$750,000	09/15/2017	09/15/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E5 11 16	$750,000	09/15/2016	09/21/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E5 11 16	$750,000	09/15/2016	09/15/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HAMILTON MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	5E5 11 16	$750,000	09/15/2016	09/17/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6403855	$1,000,000	08/21/2008	04/21/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-8994N477-TIL-09	$0	08/19/2009	10/06/2017	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04097701	$0	08/19/2008	03/31/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04076201	$0	08/18/2008	08/19/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06028400	$750,000	08/06/2010	04/14/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06028400	$750,000	08/05/2011	01/14/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06028400	$750,000	06/16/2011	08/05/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5380143	$1,000,000	04/21/2009	12/18/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06028400	$750,000	04/14/2011	06/16/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04097701	$0	03/31/2009	08/19/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA08350701	$750,000	01/14/2016	09/17/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA08350701	$750,000	01/14/2016	09/15/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	8001680	$750,000	01/14/2015	01/14/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	4264680 BM	$750,000	01/14/2014	01/14/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07291501	$750,000	01/14/2013	01/14/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07291501	$750,000	01/14/2013	01/14/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	MC8075439	$1,000,000	01/14/2012	01/14/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/18/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2016
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/18/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2015
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/18/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2013
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/19/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/20/2016
MC655784	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/11/2008	REVOKED	01/23/2012
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/25/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/18/2017
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/22/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/16/2016
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/13/2009
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/11/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/05/2011
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/20/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/10/2011
MC655784	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/14/2011
MC655784	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/13/2012	-	-

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90/100

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 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

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

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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Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (19)

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