Carrier profile · USDOT 3069537 · MC-60225 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Distribution Management Services Inc

18 power unitsLocal · 1 statesJOHNSTON, RI50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-60225 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

18Power units

1 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

11.0Avg age (yr)

2015–2015 · vPIC

Call dispatch(401) 649-4900 Email dispatchl.viau@dependondms.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 1

Not enough inspection history to rate1 federal roadside inspection in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

18 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

—

Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

1 inspections · 24 mo

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 1 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 18-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: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 1
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 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 Driving2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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 ’23 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

United Financial’18–’21

Hartford Accident’20–’22

Employers’22–’23

beyond this history

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2024

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	2
HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY CO.	Nov 2020 → Nov 2022	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Apr 2021	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 18
Observed power (24 mo): 1
Trailers (towed): 0

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

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

RI busiest

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

Home base

JOHNSTON, RI

44 A STREET

Top corridor

RI 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@dependondms.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 1432058 USDOT 3176087 USDOT 3668149 USDOT 4143560

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 44 A STREET, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919
Mailing address: PO BOX 19645, JOHNSTON, RI, 02919-2536
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (401) 649-4900
Email: l.viau@dependondms.com
Web domain: dependondms.com

Registration

Officers: Steven Fix · Liz Viau
USDOT / docket: 3069537 · MC-60225
First registered: Nov 16, 2017
Last MCS-150: Apr 15, 2026 · 511,247 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

511,247

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 DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.

DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC (USDOT 3069537) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 13, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 1 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 0 vehicle-level and 1 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 18 power units and 18 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 15, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 3069537, and its motor carrier number is MC-60225.

Is DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC's safety record?

DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC has a — vehicle out-of-service rate across 3 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 1 federal roadside inspection in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

How big is DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC's fleet?

DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC operates 18 power units and 18 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC based?

DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC is based in JOHNSTON, RI, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

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