WATKINS SHEPARD
Legal: WATKINS AND SHEPARD TRUCKING INC
Risk factors
Moderate 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.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- No active broker bond on file — a bond is required to operate. High non-payment risk.
- Broker authority is inactive, not active.
- Bond has changed hands 9 times across 4 sureties — churn can signal payment or coverage trouble.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
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+ mi12 drivers
- Company officer
- JONATHAN G JOHNSON
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 1983-05-04
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2020-11-03
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 18 trucks · 17 owned tractors · 32 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.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, phone numbers or emails with 14 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
31 events- 03/01/2023Insurance cancelled — TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA
SURETY · policy 106880282
- 11/03/2020MCS-150 update filed
1.0M mi reported (2019)
- 03/26/2018Insurance name changed — GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BIPD · policy 5776819
- 03/26/2018Insurance name changed — TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA
SURETY · policy 106589997
- 03/01/2018Insurance replaced — GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BIPD · policy 5776819
- 03/01/2018Insurance replaced — TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA
SURETY · policy 106589997
- 02/21/2018COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/01/2018)
- 02/21/2018CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/01/2018)
- 02/21/2018BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/02/2018)
- 10/02/2016Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG
CARGO · policy ATTWST102
- 10/01/2016Insurance replaced — AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG
BIPD/Primary · policy ATTWST102
- 10/01/2016Insurance replaced — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 41BSBEU2697
- 09/06/2016COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/13/2016)
- 09/06/2016CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/13/2016)
- 10/01/2013Insurance replaced — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 41BSBEU2697
- 10/08/2007Insurance replaced — TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA
SURETY · policy 103499184
- 09/28/2002Insurance cancelled — ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CK00211366
- 09/15/2002Insurance replaced — AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG
BIPD/Primary · policy ATTWST102(FAXJS)
- 01/03/2001Insurance cancelled — UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE CO
SURETY · policy U2658215
- 10/11/2000Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CLP78124A
- 10/08/2000Insurance replaced — UNITED PACIFIC INSURANCE CO
SURETY · policy U2658215
- 09/01/2000Insurance replaced — ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CK00211366
- 09/10/1997Insurance replaced — NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION
BIPD/Primary · policy DXC80308795
- 10/08/1996Insurance replaced — TIG PREMIER INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 03217630
- 09/19/1991PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
REVOKED (03/07/2023)
- 12/07/1988MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
- 12/07/1988MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
- 11/20/1986MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
- 11/20/1986MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
- 02/19/1985MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2013-04-18
- Last review
- 2013-02-15
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2020-11-03
- Reported mileage
- 960,431 mi (2019)
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