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UNIVERSAL INTERMODAL SERVICES, INC.

DBA: UNIVERSAL

DOT# 1162977 MC# 468507 Broker
ACTIVE

Trust Score

45 / 100
D Poor

Components

Compliance · 40% 100
Safety · 35% 80
Insurance · 25% 85
1 reported fatal crash(es) No active cargo insurance on file Potential chameleon carrier — linked to a carrier with safety concerns
Confidence: high · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Potential Chameleon Carrier

This carrier shares strong identity signals with carriers that had safety concerns. This is a heuristic flag, not a confirmed finding.

low DOT# 2215648—May be a successor to DOT 2215648 (UNIVERSAL CAPACITY SOLUTIONS LLC, inactive). Linked by: officer, phone
medium DOT# 4292335—May be a successor to DOT 4292335 (UNIVERSNEVADA LLC, inactive) which had safety concerns. Linked by: officer, phone

Overview

Address

Physical

12755 E 9 MILE

WARREN, MI 48089

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Mailing

12755 E 9MILE

WARREN, MI 48089

Contact

Phone: (800) 233-9445

Email: pcanaday@universallogistics.com

Company Officers

PHILLIP CANADAY

KERI LOWE

Business Info

D&B #: 0

HazMat: HazMat Carrier

Fleet

124

Power Units

116

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Term Tractors124
Term Trailers19

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Aug 26, 2003

Common authority: Sep 26, 2003

Contract authority: Sep 26, 2003

Broker authority: ACTIVE

Authority History (14)

Authority TypeActionDate
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONOct 4, 2022 → Oct 5, 2022
CONTRACTINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONOct 4, 2022 → Oct 5, 2022
BROKERINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONOct 4, 2022 → Oct 5, 2022
CONTRACTINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONJan 22, 2020 → Jan 21, 2020
BROKERINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONJan 22, 2020 → Jan 21, 2020
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONJan 22, 2020 → Jan 21, 2020
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONNov 8, 2013 → Nov 12, 2013
CONTRACTINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONNov 8, 2013 → Nov 12, 2013
BROKERINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONNov 8, 2013 → Nov 12, 2013
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERREINSTATEDFeb 2, 2005
MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIERREINSTATEDFeb 2, 2005
PROPERTY BROKERGRANTEDSep 30, 2003
MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIERGRANTED → REVOKEDSep 26, 2003 → Jan 25, 2005
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED → REVOKEDSep 26, 2003 → Jan 25, 2005

Cargo Types

General FreightHousehold GoodsMetal/Sheets/CoilsMotor VehiclesBuilding MaterialsMachinery/Large ObjectsFresh ProduceLiquids/GasesIntermodal ContainersGrain/Feed/HayMeatUS MailChemicalsDry BulkRefrigerated FoodBeveragesPaper ProductsUtilities

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Nov 13, 2025

Mileage: 1,250,688 (2025)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

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Recent Changes

Identitycompany officer 1: PHILLIP CANADAY → PHILLIP CANADAYSep 5, 2026
Safetytotal crashes: 32 → 31Sep 3, 2026
Safetytotal crashes: 25 → 32Aug 17, 2026
Safetytotal crashes: 33 → 25Aug 16, 2026
Safetytotal crashes: 34 → 33Aug 14, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver456 inspections
0.7%
6.2%
Carrier National avg
Vehicle337 inspections
27.9%
22.8%
Carrier National avg
Hazmat6 inspections
0.0%
2.4%
Carrier National avg
Overall457 inspections
20.6%
Carrier

Crash Summary

1

Fatal

10

Injury

31.0

per 1M miles

29

Towaway

31

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving127
Driver Fitness1
Hours of Service35
Drug / Alcohol0
Vehicle Maintenance460

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 485 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

485

Total

3

Driver OOS

97

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.2947 insp w/ viol
Hours of Service0.1326 insp w/ viol
Driver Fitness0.011 insp w/ viol
Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol
Vehicle Maintenance5.02202 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

—

Cargo Coverage

2 policies on file2 active
TypeStatusInsurerPolicy #CoverageEffectiveExpiresForm
BIPD Active CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYCA260002$1,000,000Jan 1, 2026—91X
SURETY Active CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYSB130039Not publishedOct 4, 2022—84

Insurance History (25)

TypeInsurerStatusCoverageEffectiveCancelled
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2025Jan 1, 2026
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2024Jan 1, 2025
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2024
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Oct 4, 2022Jan 1, 2023
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2022Oct 4, 2022
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2022Nov 7, 2022
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2021Nov 7, 2022
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2022
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2021Oct 4, 2022
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2020Feb 24, 2020
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2021
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2021
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2020
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2018Jan 1, 2019
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 2018
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2015Jan 1, 2017
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Nov 11, 2013Feb 24, 2020
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Nov 11, 2013Jan 1, 2020
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Nov 11, 2013Jan 1, 2015
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Oct 1, 2013Nov 11, 2013
SURETY · F84CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Oct 1, 2013Dec 11, 2013
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYName ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2013Dec 11, 2013
BIPD · F91XCHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANYReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Jan 1, 2013Nov 11, 2013

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