SAFETY FIRST TRANSPORT
Legal: TESFAGHABER BERHANE
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.
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Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- TESFAGHABER BERHANE
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2009-06-26
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2023-03-29
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 leased/term tractors.
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 or emails with 115 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
This carrier’s phone is shared by many carriers (likely a dispatch/registration service), so phone links are omitted. 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
14 events- 09/11/2023Insurance cancelled — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA01038961
- 04/05/2023MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (09/18/2023)
- 03/29/2023MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2022)
- 03/09/2023Insurance cancelled — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy KYL-0003366-00
- 03/09/2022Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy MCP79924A
- 02/02/2022Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA04257591
- 12/01/2021MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (03/15/2023)
- 07/24/2020Insurance cancelled — AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy KMC1057080
- 09/28/2019Insurance cancelled — AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy KMC1057080
- 08/02/2019MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (08/03/2020)
- 07/24/2019Insurance replaced — AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy KMC1057080
- 02/15/2013Insurance cancelled — CHARTER INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CCCICR1460552
- 11/30/2012MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (01/14/2013)
- 06/26/2009Registered 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
- 2023-03-29
- Reported mileage
- 10,000 mi (2022)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyNovember, 2021
- DBA changed to "SAFETY FIRST TRANSPORT"
January, 2021
First on-record entry — TESFAGHABER BERHANE, EDMONDS, WA
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