COVENANT LOGISTICS
Legal: LANDAIR TRANSPORT LLC
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.
- Authority revoked 9 times historically (reinstated) — a pattern worth noting.
- Bond has changed hands 8 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.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
78
Tow-away
76
Injury
27
Fatal
1
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi808 drivers
- Interstate · <100 mi43 drivers
- Intrastate · 100+ mi21 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi64 drivers
- Company officer
- JAMES SHERMAN GRANT 3RD
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- D-U-N-S
- 48907794
- Registered since
- 1984-01-11
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-05-07
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 953 trucks · 331 owned trailers · 953 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.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Activity history
54 events- 05/07/2026MCS-150 update filed
93.2M mi reported (2024)
- 09/03/2025Insurance name changed — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-20-LAND-05
- 09/03/2025Insurance name changed — BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 1074650
- 09/03/2025Insurance name changed — LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 016214531
- 08/12/2025Insurance filed — LM Insurance Corporation
Property broker surety — BMC-84 · policy 285079064
- 08/12/2025Insurance ended — LM Insurance Corporation
policy 285079064
- 08/12/2025Insurance replaced — LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 016214531
- 08/08/2025Insurance filed — IQS Risk Retention Group Inc.
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy IQS25
- 08/08/2025Insurance ended — IQS Risk Retention Group Inc.
policy IQS25
- 08/08/2025Insurance replaced — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-20-LAND-05
- 08/01/2025BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/13/2025)
- 08/01/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/11/2025)
- 08/01/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/11/2025)
- 09/14/2020Insurance name changed — LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 016214531
- 09/14/2020Insurance name changed — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-20-LAND-05
- 09/10/2020Insurance cancelled — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-20-LAND-04
- 08/12/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/11/2020)
- 08/12/2020CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/11/2020)
- 08/12/2020BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/20/2020)
- 07/29/2020Insurance replaced — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-20-LAND-05
- 06/09/2020Insurance name changed — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-18-LAND-04
- 06/09/2020Insurance name changed — LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 016214531
- 05/07/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/21/2020)
- 05/07/2020CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/21/2020)
- 05/07/2020BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/22/2020)
- 05/01/2020Insurance replaced — IQS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy IQS-18-LAND-04
- 08/31/2018Insurance cancelled — PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD · policy B-13379
- 08/16/2018PROPERTY BROKER — REINSTATED
- 08/01/2018Insurance replaced — PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD · policy B-13379
- 04/27/2017Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy MCP02717B
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
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- 1998-05-08
- Last review
- 2025-12-11
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-05-07
- Reported mileage
- 93,240,053 mi (2024)
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