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Company CheckBESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 3754382

655 W IRVING PARK RD UNIT 1216, CHICAGO, IL, 60613

DOT# 3754382 MC# 1334023 Chicago, Illinois 2 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 Jun 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
May 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 24, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

Phone(773) 627-3298

Email[email protected]

Physical Address655 W IRVING PARK RD UNIT 1216, CHICAGO, IL, 60613

Mailing Address655 W IRVING PARK RD UNIT 1216, CHICAGO, IL, 60613

Other Companies at This Address

Address655 W IRVING PARK RD UNIT 1216, CHICAGO, IL 60613

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC this company	3754382	(773) 627-3298	Active
GLOBAL FREIGHT LINK LLC	4528295	(267) 206-4896	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

DocketMC1334023

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating2 years

Company Overview

BESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Chicago, Illinois. The company has been in operation for 2 years, registered with the FMCSA on 10/29/2021. The fleet consists of 7 power units and 7 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 29 inspections, BESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC maintains an excellent safety record. 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 DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, BESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC has a Trust Score of 84/100 (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 2.43 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 2.2 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.2 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.43 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 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 OOS26.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective11/20/2023

CompanyDRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA975094942

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet7 units

Drivers7

Mileage1 mi

Operating2 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service4

OOS Rate26.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service7

OOS Rate50.0%

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

2024

2 · 0 OOS —

2025

8 · 5 OOS ▲

2026

7 · 2 OOS ▼

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 Jun 2026 — 16 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (43.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 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
04/22/2024	AUSTIN	IN	2	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

37 roadside violations across 16 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 21 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 8 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 6 violations · 4 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 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 (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/04/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAVONIA GA	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW SPRINGFIELD OH	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINDEN LA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	COLLEGEDALE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/05/2026	IA	Full (Level I)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	I-5 S/B COTTONWOOD SCALES	7	2	3	1	4	1	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	UT	Full (Level I)	ST. GEORGE UT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/03/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	JUNIPER BUTTE OR	6	2	1	1	5	1	-	▲Detail
11/01/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	6	4	3	3	3	1	-	▲Detail
10/16/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	KNOXVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/24/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	STANTON TN	2	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/28/2025	UT	Full (Level I)	TREMONTON UT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR 220 AT EXIT #1	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLATE HILL NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/12/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON MABRY DR 2080 FT W OF CURRY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	AUSTIN IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections15

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1334023	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	12/08/2021	-	-
MC1334023	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/27/2023	-	-

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84/100

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 84

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

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

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 2 year(s) ago.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 26.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 26.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% 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.

BESTAM TRANSPORTATION LLC

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Equipment

Safety Summary

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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 (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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