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Company CheckSAHARA LOGISTICS LLC · DOT 3711283

5249 MARLOWE CT APT B, COLUMBUS, OH, 43228

DOT# 3711283 MC# 1302602 Columbus, Ohio 4 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

5 events tracked · latest Oct 15, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Oct 15, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 17, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 15, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 out-of-service violations.
Apr 14, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

Phone(614) 546-6449

Email[email protected]

Physical Address5249 MARLOWE CT APT B, COLUMBUS, OH, 43228

Mailing Address5249 MARLOWE CT APT B, COLUMBUS, OH, 43228

Other Companies at This Address

Address5249 MARLOWE CT APT B, COLUMBUS, OH 43228

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
SAHARA LOGISTICS LLC this company	3711283	(614) 546-6449	Active
B AND B TRANSPORTATION AMERICA LLC	3759630	(614) 929-1211	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

DocketMC1302602

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Company Overview

SAHARA LOGISTICS LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Columbus, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 4 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/27/2021. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 2 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 432,573 miles (2025). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 11 inspections are on file. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SAHARA LOGISTICS LLC has a Trust Score of 79/100 (Good).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage432,573 miles

Mileage Year2025

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS33.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS60.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective02/07/2026

CompanyBENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #FLCA-1926-05599

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage432,573 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service3

OOS Rate60.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

1 · 0 OOS =

2025

6 · 4 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes —

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

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 Oct 2025 — 6 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (66.7% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 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
04/14/2025	NOT IN CITY LIMIT	TN	0	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

28 roadside violations across 6 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 16 violations · 5 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 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 (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/15/2025 ▼	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.9A-LTSIR — CFR 393.9A-LTSIR Non-OOS
05/17/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MANCHESTER TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/15/2025 ▼	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRANDVIEW WA	2	1	0	1	0	0	-
Violations (2) 391.41A-MCPC — CFR 391.41A-MCPC Non-OOS 395.8A1-HOSP — CFR 395.8A1-HOSP OOS
05/14/2025 ▼	WA	Full (Level I)	DU PONT WA	9	5	0	2	0	3	-
Violations (9) 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS 396.3A1-BOS — CFR 396.3A1-BOS OOS 391.49J-MDP — CFR 391.49J-MDP OOS 393.78A-WS — CFR 393.78A-WS Non-OOS 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 395.8A1-HOSP — CFR 395.8A1-HOSP OOS 393.9A-LHLI — CFR 393.9A-LHLI Non-OOS 393.45D-BAAL — CFR 393.45D-BAAL OOS 396.3A1-BALR — CFR 396.3A1-BALR OOS
05/09/2025 ▼	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWNAN GA	8	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (8) 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 395.24 — CFR 395.24 Non-OOS 395.24 — CFR 395.24 Non-OOS 395.30B1-ELDDFR — CFR 395.30B1-ELDDFR Non-OOS 393.9A-LTSI — CFR 393.9A-LTSI OOS 393.9A-HLLH — CFR 393.9A-HLLH Non-OOS 395.30B1-ELDDFR — CFR 395.30B1-ELDDFR Non-OOS 396.17C-PI — CFR 396.17C-PI Non-OOS
04/30/2025 ▼	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	16 - I380 SB MM 53 BRANDON	7	1	2	0	5	1	-
Violations (7) 393.11TL — CFR 393.11TL Non-OOS 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 393.19 — CFR 393.19 Non-OOS 393.55E — CFR 393.55E Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS 395.8E1-PC — CFR 395.8E1-PC Non-OOS 392.2-SLLEWA1 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
02/21/2024 ▼	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	LYON COUNTY - 111	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 395.8(f)(1) — CFR 395.8(f)(1) Non-OOS
08/05/2023 ▼	OK	Full (Level I)	BRAMAN SCALES	5	0	0	0	5	0	-
Violations (5) 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) Non-OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.47(e) — CFR 393.47(e) Non-OOS 393.53(b) — CFR 393.53(b) Non-OOS
07/31/2023 ▼	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLATHE SOUTH M.C.I.S. #24W	6	0	0	0	6	0	-
Violations (6) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.11 — No or defective lighting devices Non-OOS (Vehicle Maintenance) 393.75(a)(1) — CFR 393.75(a)(1) Non-OOS 393.75(c) — CFR 393.75(c) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP74980A	$1,000,000	09/03/2021	02/17/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP74980A	$1,000,000	09/03/2021	03/24/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CS BSR 00000620-00	$750,000	02/17/2023	02/02/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	CA956026869	$750,000	02/17/2022	02/17/2023	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1302602	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/17/2021	-	-
MC1302602	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/08/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/05/2024

No revocation records.

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79/100

Good

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 79

−8

Starts at 100−21 totalFinal 79

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−8

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

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

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-8

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 60% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−8 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 60% 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) 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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (9)

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