BESTWAY
Legal: BESTWAY OF NEW YORK INC
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.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
1
Tow-away
1
Injury
1
Fatal
0
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi19 drivers
- Intrastate · 100+ mi5 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- BENJAMIN OCHS
- Operation
- Interstate
- D-U-N-S
- 2256519
- Registered since
- 1989-10-26
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-10-05
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 32 trucks · 31 owned tractors · 49 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.
Activity history
23 events- 10/05/2026MCS-150 update filed
1.9M mi reported (2025)
- 09/14/2025Insurance cancelled — SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BIPD/Primary · policy S2517648
- 08/18/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/27/2025)
- 08/01/2025Insurance filed — Pennsylvania Lubermens Mutual Insurance
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy 31B426
- 08/01/2025Insurance replaced — SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BIPD/Primary · policy S2517648
- 09/30/2022Insurance replaced — WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy WPP1043957
- 05/26/2018Insurance cancelled — ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy QT-660-9411N495-TIL-09
- 02/21/2014Insurance cancelled — EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy ASC-Z91-528757-01
- 02/05/2014Insurance replaced — EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy ASC-Z91-528757-01
- 01/27/2014CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/06/2014)
- 08/01/2009Insurance replaced — TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA
CARGO · policy QT-660-0899C199
- 08/01/2009Insurance replaced — WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ASJZ91528757015
- 10/01/2005Insurance replaced — WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ASJZ91528757013
- 10/01/2005Insurance replaced — ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy IM03100540-DEWITT
- 06/25/2004Insurance cancelled — EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy ASJZ91528757013
- 06/14/2004MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
- 05/17/2004Insurance name changed — ONEBEACON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD · policy CJD238427
- 10/01/2003Insurance replaced — EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy ASJZ91528757013
- 03/04/1996MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — DISMISSED
- 11/24/1995MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (05/17/2004)
- 10/26/1989Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- 09/27/1984Insurance cancelled — FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. (OF NEWARK)
CARGO · policy IME 44 06 64
- 10/27/1982MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (05/17/2004)
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 1992-07-16
- Last review
- 2024-09-27
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-10-05
- Reported mileage
- 1,925,000 mi (2025)
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