DISTRIBUTION 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 3 times across 3 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.
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+ mi24 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- STEVE WILLIAMS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1994-08-25
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2010-10-12
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 35 trucks · 24 owned tractors · 54 owned trailers · 11 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 or officers with 45 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
48 events- 09/07/2012Insurance cancelled — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK3888601
- 09/01/2011Insurance cancelled — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK3888601
- 08/05/2011COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/30/2011)
- 08/05/2011CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/30/2011)
- 10/12/2010MCS-150 update filed
2.8M mi reported (2004)
- 07/10/2010Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
SURETY · policy 7980017
- 06/30/2009Insurance replaced — AEGIS SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 980016
- 04/01/2008Insurance filed — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
Cargo — BMC-34 · policy MXI98309504
- 04/01/2008Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy D3594283A
- 09/05/2007COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/10/2007)
- 09/05/2007CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/10/2007)
- 09/01/2007Insurance replaced — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK3888601
- 05/02/2007Insurance cancelled — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 1281613
- 04/05/2007COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/18/2007)
- 04/01/2006Insurance replaced — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 1281613
- 09/01/2005Insurance cancelled — DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy D189A00092
- 08/05/2005COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/29/2005)
- 08/05/2005CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/29/2005)
- 09/01/2003Insurance replaced — DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy D189A00062
- 04/30/2003COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/16/2003)
- 04/04/2003Insurance cancelled — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI 98303921-LA
- 03/01/2003Insurance cancelled — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK 0000 601 01
- 04/28/2002Insurance cancelled — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI 98303907-LA
- 04/01/2002Insurance replaced — THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy 114732
- 04/01/2002Insurance replaced — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI 98303907-LA
- 03/06/2002Insurance filed — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD
- 03/06/2002Insurance cancelled — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK 0000 601
- 03/01/2002Insurance replaced — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK 0000 601
- 02/10/2002Insurance cancelled — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK 0000 601
- 09/28/2001Insurance cancelled — REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TRK 0000 601
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
- 2010-01-21
- Last review
- 2010-01-14
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2010-10-12
- Reported mileage
- 2,816,734 mi (2004)
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