FOSTER TRANSPORTATION
Legal: CHRISTOPHER FOSTER
Risk factors
Low 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
- Intrastate · 100+ mi2 drivers
- Company officer
- CHRISTOPHER FOSTER
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
- Registered since
- 2009-10-02
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2024-10-18
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 0 trucks · 2 buses.
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 phone numbers, officers or emails with 26 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
4 events- 10/18/2024MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2023)
- 03/05/2018Out-of-service order rescinded
- 04/09/2012Federal out-of-service order
New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact
- 10/02/2009Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2024-10-18
- Reported mileage
- 7,500 mi (2023)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyJanuary, 2022
- Moved to RUNNELLS, IA
January, 2021
First on-record entry — CHRISTOPHER FOSTER, ALTOONA, IA
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