NICKS TRANSPORT
Legal: NICK'S TRANSPORT INC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- FRANKLIN J KAKOS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2004-09-21
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2007-03-07
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses with 59 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
30 events- 07/19/2007Insurance cancelled — LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LLT100941
- 04/01/2007Insurance replaced — LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LLT100941
- 04/01/2007Insurance cancelled — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC 9632
- 04/01/2007Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 03/07/2007MCS-150 update filed
- 03/05/2007COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/03/2007)
- 02/02/2007Insurance cancelled — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC 9632
- 01/19/2007Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 01/08/2007COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/09/2007)
- 12/31/2006Insurance replaced — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC 9632
- 12/26/2006COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/18/2007)
- 12/06/2006Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 11/09/2006COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/05/2006)
- 10/12/2006Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 10/05/2006Insurance cancelled — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC9632
- 09/15/2006COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/11/2006)
- 08/28/2006Insurance replaced — ADRIATIC INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MC9632
- 08/05/2006Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 07/10/2006COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/09/2006)
- 06/02/2006Insurance cancelled — AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA2036267
- 05/08/2006COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/08/2006)
- 04/01/2006Insurance replaced — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy BDKU051130
- 04/01/2006Insurance replaced — AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy SFT 231348001
- 09/15/2005Insurance cancelled — CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 432226
- 08/19/2005COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/16/2005)
- 02/22/2005Insurance name changed — CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 432226
- 01/20/2005Insurance replaced — CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 432226
- 01/19/2005COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/25/2005)
- 09/22/2004MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/25/2007)
- 09/21/2004Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2007-03-07
- Reported mileage
- —
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