Carrier profile · USDOT 122025 · MC-109331 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Nilson Van & Storage

43 power unitsavg 12.6 yrRegional · 7 statesCOLUMBIA, SC80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-109331 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

43Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

5Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.6Avg age (yr)

2002–2022 · vPIC

Call dispatch(803) 786-1090 Email dispatchcorporate@nilsonvan.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 average66.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes20 crashes involving injuries are on 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 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

Small fleet

43 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.6 yr

Model years 2002–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

12 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 66.7%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 — 3 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 41.7 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 43-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 43
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National Union’92–’96

Vanliner’02–’07

General Wisconsin’07–’11

Vanliner’14–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2014 → Nov 2025	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2013 → Nov 2014	$750K	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Nov 2012 → Nov 2013	$750K	1
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2011 → Nov 2012	$750K	1
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Nov 2007 → Nov 2011	$750K	1
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2002 → Nov 2007	$750K	1
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1996 → May 1999	$750K	4
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	May 1992 → May 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 43
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 5

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.6 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

69.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

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

Home base

COLUMBIA, SC

6821 N MAIN STREET

Top corridor

GA ⇄ SC

GA 6 · NC 1 · TX 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 77949 USDOT 3432946 USDOT 125550 USDOT 1837444

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@nilsonvan.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2289508

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: 6821 N MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, SC, 29203
Mailing address: PO BOX 3219, COLUMBIA, SC, 29230
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (803) 786-1090
Fax: (803) 786-2569
Email: corporate@nilsonvan.com
Web domain: nilsonvan.com

Registration

Officers: Michael E Hollis · Phyllis Nilson
USDOT / docket: 122025 · MC-109331
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 5, 2026 · 527,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 17, 1992
D-U-N-S: 2857308

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

527,000

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 NILSON VAN & STORAGE.

NILSON VAN & STORAGE (USDOT 122025) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 19, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 66.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 12 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 12 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 43 power units and 36 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 17, 1992 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NILSON VAN & STORAGE's USDOT number?

NILSON VAN & STORAGE's USDOT number is 122025, and its motor carrier number is MC-109331.

Is NILSON VAN & STORAGE authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, NILSON VAN & STORAGE is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NILSON VAN & STORAGE's safety record?

NILSON VAN & STORAGE has a 66.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 20 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is NILSON VAN & STORAGE's fleet?

NILSON VAN & STORAGE operates 43 power units and 36 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NILSON VAN & STORAGE based?

NILSON VAN & STORAGE is based in COLUMBIA, SC, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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