SHIPPERS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LLC

DBA: SHIPPERS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

Brokers & shippers · booking check

No hard blockers on file

Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Clear to review

Policy effective · Jul 1, 2015

On file

1 active operating authority
Insurance on file · $1,000,000 ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X Details →
BOC-3 process agent on file Transportation Authority LLC Details →
OOS rate better than size peers

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — SHIPPERS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LLC (USDOT 1498810)
Verdict: CLEAR TO REVIEW
No hard blockers on file
Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $1,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — Transportation Authority LLC
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/1498810/
As of: Sep 2, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 1498810 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Hazmat Company officer: CHRIS WATKINS General Freight Based in URBANA, OH

FMCSA census as of Sep 2, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 4/5 scored components (mean 100/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD

BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers

Safer than peers · 100/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 11.1% (better). n=74122 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Clear to review.

Operating authority

Insurance

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

Transportation Authority LLC

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 1498810

In FMCSA records since May 9, 2006 (~20y)

MC / docket MC871871

Company officer CHRIS WATKINS

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

Cargo carried

General Freight

Fleet size 12 units

Drivers 23

Annual mileage 140,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (937) 605-0590

Physical

1155 PHOENIX DR

URBANA, OH 43078

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 1498810

In FMCSA records since May 9, 2006 (~20y)

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 140,000 mi

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

Active liability insurance

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Broker setup by MC age

Check brokers for this MC age

Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2016-04-13 (2,000+ days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Insurance
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Policy effective Jul 1, 2015
Process Agent
Transportation Authority LLC
BOC-3 on file
Operating Authority
MC871871
ACTIVE

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	0	10	0
Trailers	0	75	0
Trucks	0	2	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Accident reports (24 months)

All 1 crashes →

	12–24 months	Total
Fatalities	0	0
Injuries	0	0
Tow-away	1	1
Crash reports	1	1

Reportable crashes from FMCSA MCMIS for the trailing 24 months. Counts may differ slightly from SAFER due to reporting lag.

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes (24m)

Authorities

1 active

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is Unsafe Driving at 0.0. 1 reportable crash occurred in the same 24-month window.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 12 power units (mid-sized fleet); 23 drivers.

Risk Signals

Authority revoked

1 revocation on record.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 74,122 ACTIVE carriers operating 6–18 power units (±50% of this carrier's 12 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 74,122 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

11.1%

Median across 74,122 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -11.1 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Serious	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Hours of Service	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Unsafe Driving	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	—	—	Aug 31, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (1 row)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
OK2508002624	Aug 13, 2025	OK	0	0	Yes	No	Tow

Authority Records (1 docket)

View full authority record →

MC Certificate Documents (3 letters, 1 PDF available)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Apr 13, 2016	MC871871-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Mar 1, 2016	MC871871	Name Change	Revocation	Metadata only
Jul 2, 2014	MC871871-C	Original MC Certificate	Certificate	Original MC Certificate →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (4 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK 5818106	91X	$1,000,000	Jul 1, 2015	On file	ACTIVE
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK 5818106	BIPD/Primary	—	Jul 1, 2014	Jul 1, 2014	REPLACED
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK 5818106	BIPD/Primary	—	Jul 1, 2014	Jul 30, 2014	CANCELLED
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK 5818106	BIPD/Primary	—	Jul 1, 2014	Apr 4, 2016	NAME CHANGED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Apr 13, 2016

authority

REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Apr 4, 2016

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Apr 4, 2016

insurance

NAMECHG — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Apr 4, 2016

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Jul 30, 2014

insurance

TERM/CANCL — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Jul 1, 2014

insurance

TERM/REPL — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Related Records Cross-references to every adjacent page