Carrier profile · USDOT 1106826 · MC-451290 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

M-s Logistics LLC

DBA MS LOGISTICS LLC

41 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesNASHVILLE, TN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451290 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

41Power units

27 observed · MCS-150

44Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.6Avg age (yr)

2003–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(615) 743-2874 Email dispatchmelliott@mslogistics.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record6 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

41 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.6 yr

Model years 2003–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

52 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 38.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

60.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 8

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 41-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 41
Inspections · 24 mo: 52
Annualized: ≈26 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’16 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Westfield’03–’08

Wausau Business’09–’12

Zurich American’12–’16

beyond this history

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · THE FIRST LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION · since Dec 2016

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2012 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
WAUSAU BUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2009 → Dec 2012	$750K	2
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2008 → Dec 2009	$750K	1
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2003 → Dec 2008	$750K	3
WAUSAU BUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2003 → Jan 2003	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 41
Observed power (24 mo): 27
Trailers (towed): 44

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.6 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

64.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

NASHVILLE, TN

1100 VISCO DR

Top corridor

TN 26 · IL 8 · KY 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 6 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2723785 USDOT 3487498 USDOT 2977271 USDOT 3547280 USDOT 4036461Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (54 trucks · 24 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2977271 USDOT 3435129 USDOT 3547280 USDOT 4273528 USDOT 4308404 USDOT 2723852 USDOT 3383294 USDOT 4391602

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1100 VISCO DR, NASHVILLE, TN, 37210
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (615) 743-2874
Fax: (615) 248-5979
Email: melliott@mslogistics.com
Web domain: mslogistics.com

Registration

Officers: David Enoch · Michael Elliott
USDOT / docket: 1106826 · MC-451290
First registered: Mar 13, 2003
Last MCS-150: Oct 10, 2025 · 3,155,688 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 24, 2005
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,155,688

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for M-S LOGISTICS LLC.

M-S LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 1106826) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from THE FIRST LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION effective Dec 31, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 52 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 21 vehicle-level and 52 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 6 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 41 power units and 32 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 10, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 24, 2005 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is M-S LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number?

M-S LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number is 1106826, and its motor carrier number is MC-451290.

Is M-S LOGISTICS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, M-S LOGISTICS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is M-S LOGISTICS LLC's safety record?

M-S LOGISTICS LLC has a 38.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 85 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is M-S LOGISTICS LLC's fleet?

M-S LOGISTICS LLC operates 41 power units and 32 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is M-S LOGISTICS LLC based?

M-S LOGISTICS LLC is based in NASHVILLE, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 12 states.

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