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Company CheckSMITH-CARTER LOGISTICS INC · DOT 790814

1000 BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE, KEARNY, NJ, 07032

DOT# 790814 MC# 353114 Kearny, New Jersey 27 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 Dec 24, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Dec 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Oct 13, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 17, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 1, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(201) 852-0806

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1000 BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE, KEARNY, NJ, 07032

Mailing Address1000 BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE, KEARNY, NJ, 07032

Other Companies at This Address

Address1000 BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE, KEARNY, NJ 07032

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
GAMMA TRUCK LEASING INC	512375	(201) 955-9366	Active
SMITH-CARTER LOGISTICS INC this company	790814	(201) 852-0806	Active
WAT EXPRESS INC	4560010	(929) 988-2138	Active
AMROC INC	2251098	(917) 682-3228	Inactive
PATAM TRANSPORT INC	870894	(201) 998-7140	Inactive
SUPERIOR TRANSPORT INC	699934	(201) 998-0100	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

DocketMC353114

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 years

Company Overview

SMITH-CARTER LOGISTICS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Kearny, New Jersey. The company has been in operation for 27 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/22/1999. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 128,582 miles (2024). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 4 inspections are on file. 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 SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SMITH-CARTER LOGISTICS INC has a Trust Score of 94/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage128,582 miles

Mileage Year2024

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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective11/18/2020

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0163907001

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage128,582 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below 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

1 · 0 OOS =

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 Dec 2025 — 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean — no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

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
10/13/2025	EAST RUTHERFORD	NJ	0	0	1	1	Rain	Wet	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

7 roadside violations across 3 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 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
12/24/2025 ▼	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW HAVEN	5	0	0	0	5	0	-
Violations (5) 393.60E — CFR 393.60E Non-OOS 393.11A1-CSURR — CFR 393.11A1-CSURR Non-OOS 393.9A-LCL — CFR 393.9A-LCL Non-OOS 393.9A-LBL — CFR 393.9A-LBL Non-OOS 396.3A1-BALAC — CFR 396.3A1-BALAC Non-OOS
12/17/2024 ▼	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIGHT SHOULDER, NORTH OF X25	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS4 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
07/01/2024 ▼	DE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW CASTLE DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	FEN-159100700	$750,000	11/18/2019	11/18/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC18111130	$750,000	11/18/2018	03/29/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC1711952	$750,000	11/18/2017	11/18/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	ARI1001114	$750,000	11/18/2016	07/14/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	PL199518707	$1,000,000	10/04/2013	01/08/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	ARI1001114	$750,000	07/14/2017	11/18/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC18111130	$750,000	03/29/2019	11/18/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	DRE2704300	$750,000	03/01/2000	01/18/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT7625988099-991	$1,000,000	02/12/1999	02/12/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT7625988099-991	$1,000,000	02/12/1999	04/18/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	07/09/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	05/09/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	01/18/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	01/18/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	07/09/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	PIT02221	$750,000	01/18/2002	01/18/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	RPJ 006 184	$1,000,000	01/18/2001	01/18/2002	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC353114	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/06/2016	-	-
MC353114	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/23/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/20/2017
MC353114	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/17/2020
MC353114	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/21/2019
MC353114	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2018
MC353114	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/12/2000	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/07/2000
MC353114	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	DISMISSED	05/08/2008	-	-
MC353114	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/19/1999	REVOKED	04/07/2003

No revocation records.

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94/100

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 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−6

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−6 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (3)

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