CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 3971607· MC1484248· CARRIER· EIN 88-4163153
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BLADE FREIGHT LTD

6S080 PARK MEADOW DR APT 10H, NAPERVILLE, IL, 60540(331) 208-9885dispatch@bladefreightltd.comELENA OBRADOVIC
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$750K BIPD
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
Vehicle OOS
6.3%
below 22% national avg
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
None
nothing flagged
100
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
No red flags in the public FMCSA record

A 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.

Authority & insurance

MC1484248

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$750K on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$750K coverageeff 01/06/2026
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY· policy CA864868755
Authority history (2) ▾
12/10/2025COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATIONDISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/22/2025)
11/14/2022MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history2 insurers on record
Filing timeline (3)
  1. ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/24/202501/06/2026
  2. GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/24/202410/24/2025
  3. ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/24/202210/24/2024

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle16 inspections · 6.3% OOS · National 22%
Driver20 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

20 inspections · 11 violations (2 OOS) · 7% of inspections had an OOS finding.

20
Inspections
11
Violations
2
OOS violations
10
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

10
total

Most inspected in · top 8 states

  • NM3
  • IA3
  • TN3
  • FL2
  • SD2
  • NC2
  • CA1
  • WA1

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.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Log / ELD device violations are the leading contributor to Hours-of-Service Compliance

Low impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 38% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing2 violations (24 mo)
Log / ELD device1 viol75%
  • 395.24D-ELDPTHOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hours of service records in accordance with t1× · 75%
False log / RODS1 viol25%
  • 395.22H4Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids1× · 25%
What to do
  • Make sure the ELD is registered, working, and drivers know how to log in and certify daily
Projected estimatecould improve up to 18 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

Trending worse
8
Inspections
3
Violations
0
Out-of-service
5
Clean
Where the violations are
Unsafe Driving 33%Vehicle Maintenance 33%Hours-of-Service Compliance 33%
Focus here first
1Unsafe Driving
1 violation · 33% of recent
Do this
  • Coach speed and following distance — Unsafe Driving points are weighted heavily
  • Hands off the phone; always belt up
2Vehicle Maintenance
1 violation · 33% of recent
Do this
  • Check brake adjustment and listen for air leaks every pre-trip
  • Fix air-loss and warning-light faults before dispatch; put brakes on the PM schedule
3Hours-of-Service Compliance
1 violation · 33% of recent
  • 395.24D-ELDPTHOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hours of service records in accordance with t
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
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Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

28
Inspections
11
Violations
2
Out-of-service
78
CSA points
0
Crashes
18
States
cleanviolOOS

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.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

13 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

13 incomplete vehicle
2024 MACK MDseen 5×
1M2MDBAA8RS010149· 743AC657 IL
2024 MACK MDseen 4×
1M2MDBAA0RS011408· N/A IL
2023 MACK MDseen 4×
1M2MDBAA4PS006225· P1199587 IL
2023 MACK MDseen 4×
1M2MDBAA2PS006210· P1199588 IL
2024 MACK MDseen 2×
1M2MDBAA6RS011459· P1215657 IL
2021 INTERNATIONAL MV607seen 2×
3HAEUMML2ML195707· P1247622 IL
2019 FREIGHTLINER M2
3ALACWFC1KDKJ4624· P1235993 IL
2025 MACK MD
1M2MDBAA2S006210· P1199588 IL
2024 HINO Incomplete Vehicle
5PVNJ7AVXR5T56610· 1319359 IL
2022 INTERNATIONAL MV607
3HAEUMMLXNL338727· APPLIED IL
2020 INTERNATIONAL MV607
3HAEUMML0LL208761· P1320334 IL
2020 FREIGHTLINER M2
3ALACWFCXLDLP5815· P1370995 IL
2022 INTERNATIONAL MV607
3HAEUMML6NL453227· P1379970 IL

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
7
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
7
0 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0.2M mi
reported 2024
Recordable crash rate
0.00
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi7 drivers
Company officer
ELENA OBRADOVIC
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2022-10-18
Last MCS-150 update
2026-03-12
Census status
Active

Fleet: 7 trucks.

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 graph

This carrier shares VINs with 7 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

7
Connected carriers
7
Fleet-transfer links
7
Most shared VINs
1
Strong links
Strong· 1
1
BLADE CARGO INC
USDOT 3888298Active· MUNSTER, IN
Strong
Shared VIN · 7
1M2MDBAA4PS0062251M2MDBAA2PS0062103HAEUMML2ML1957073ALACWFC1KDKJ46241M2MDBAA0RS0114081M2MDBAA6RS011459

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

8 events
  1. 03/12/2026MCS-150 update filed

    0.2M mi reported (2024)

  2. 01/06/2026Insurance filed — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA864868755

  3. 01/06/2026Insurance cancelled — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA864868755

  4. 12/10/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/22/2025)

  5. 10/24/2025Insurance replaced — GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 9300079656

  6. 10/24/2024Insurance replaced — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA962790006

  7. 11/14/2022MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  8. 10/18/2022Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate

FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
Rated
Last review
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2026-03-12
Reported mileage
200,280 mi (2024)

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 23, 2026, 1:15 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.