UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS LLC

USDOT 3265137MC-Docket MC1029921MORAVIA, IA
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UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 3265137) in MORAVIA, IA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.

  • Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
  • No pending authority revocation.
  • Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
  • BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
  • No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
  • 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2019-07-10 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
  • Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
  • No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
  • 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
  • No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
  • No link to a prior revoked authority.
  • Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2021-07-19 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
  • Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.

Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.

Authority

Common authority
Active
Contract authority
Not applicable

Safety & BASIC scorecard

Safety rating
Unrated

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 4.24
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.22
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 25.5

Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.

Last 24 months

0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
3
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
4
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$750,000 below $1M baseline
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
1
Total drivers
1
Years in business
7
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
1 of 1 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
0%
Vehicle OOS rate
66.7%Above national

The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.

Compliance & history

Reincarnation / chameleon
No prior revoked authority
Involuntary revocations
4 times last 2021-07-19
Physical address
No address flags
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2024-09-11
Insurance lapse history
1 lapse(s) most recent 2019-07-10
Last compliance review
None on file

Inspection history (all-time)

6
Inspections
3
OOS inspections
23
Violations
5
OOS violations
0
Post-accident

Record spans 2024-03-04 → 2026-04-14.

Crash history (last 24 months)

2024-08-08 TX Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: PENDING· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry

Violation pattern (all-time, by area)

Area (49 CFR part) Violations Out of service Most recent
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
15 2 2026-04-14
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
3 2 2026-04-14
Hours of service 395
2 1 2025-08-08
Unsafe driving 392
2 0 2026-04-01

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal OOS
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative/defective brakes
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Brakes (general) Explain:
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Loose or unfastened tiedown
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th OOS
2026-04-14 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels OOS
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test OOS
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste
2025-08-08 Vehicle Maintenance Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance
2025-08-08 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi
2024-05-17 Unsafe Driving Improper lane change
2024-05-17 Vehicle Maintenance Retroreflective material not affixed as required for trailers manufactured after December 1993

Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)

Showing the 5 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.

2026-04-14 TX · Level 2 11 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 104F3
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 19
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 19
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 48A
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS OOS
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1BOS OOS
2026-04-01 NE · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLL
2025-08-08 SD · Level 2 7 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 130C-CHVE OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45D-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55C2-B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1-BALR OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 60D
Hours of service 395 22H4-ELDBRODS
2024-05-17 KS · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
2024-03-04 LA · Level 3 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 8(a)(1) OOS

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