BALKAN EXPRESS INC
Risk factors
High 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 8 times across 8 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+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- RICHARD FRANCIS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1991-05-30
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2020-05-07
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 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.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 30 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
This carrier’s phone is shared by many carriers (likely a dispatch/registration service), so phone links are omitted. 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
80 events- 04/29/2022Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS
BIPD/Primary · policy AHI-P2251-371454
- 05/07/2020MCS-150 update filed
0.4M mi reported (2016)
- 04/25/2020Insurance cancelled — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 20 MS II0245
- 01/06/2019Insurance cancelled — SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 3393668
- 12/10/2017Insurance cancelled — GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 2463385
- 01/01/2017Insurance replaced — AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS
BIPD/Primary · policy AHI-P2251-370264
- 08/31/2016Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS
BIPD/Primary · policy AHI-P2251-370358
- 07/31/2016Insurance replaced — AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS
BIPD/Primary · policy AHI-P2251-370358
- 12/26/2013PROPERTY BROKER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (08/06/2018)
- 11/25/2012Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
SURETY · policy 7930003
- 05/01/2012Insurance cancelled — STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA
BIPD/Primary · policy TFM 300023-01
- 04/04/2012COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/01/2012)
- 04/04/2012CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/01/2012)
- 06/30/2009Insurance replaced — LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 940461
- 09/03/2008Insurance cancelled — STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA
BIPD/Primary · policy TFM 300023
- 09/01/2008Insurance replaced — STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA
BIPD/Primary · policy TFM 300023
- 09/01/2008Insurance replaced — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 20 MS II0245
- 08/07/2008COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/27/2008)
- 08/07/2008CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/27/2008)
- 08/01/2008MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (08/06/2018)
- 05/02/2008Insurance cancelled — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 20 MS II0245
- 03/01/2008Insurance replaced — LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTC 100922-01
- 01/17/2007Insurance cancelled — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 34MSIQ2642
- 12/21/2006CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/27/2006)
- 10/03/2006Insurance replaced — LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LTC 100922
- 10/03/2006Insurance replaced — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 20 MS II0245
- 09/01/2006Insurance replaced — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 20 MS II0245
- 09/01/2006Insurance cancelled — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy NA051522
- 09/30/2005Insurance cancelled — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 8753418
- 09/01/2005Insurance cancelled — THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
BIPD/Primary · policy TP 9896375
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
- 2000-05-01
- Last review
- 2011-02-08
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2020-05-07
- Reported mileage
- 434,663 mi (2016)
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