Carrier profile · USDOT 268887 · MC-165935 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Central Zone Logistics LLC

DBA CHICAGO MESSENGER SERVICE

4 power unitsLocal · 1 statesCHICAGO, IL50/100

BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-165935 BROKER ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

1 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

2.0Avg age (yr)

2024–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(480) 204-6730 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 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 41 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$2M 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

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Safety

1 inspections · 24 mo

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 4-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: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 1
Annualized: ≈1 / 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 Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$2,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M 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 ’24 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Royal America’96–’00

United States’00–’03

Lincoln General’03–’08

West Bend’12–’20

Pacific Financial’21–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2024

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Oct 2022 → May 2024	$750K	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Jan 2021 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Oct 2020 → Oct 2022	$750K	2
WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2012 → Oct 2020	$750K	3
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → Oct 2012	$750K	3
THE EMPLOYERS' FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2009 → Nov 2010	$750K	1
NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2009 → Nov 2009	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Oct 2008 → Aug 2009	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2003 → Oct 2008	$750K	4
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2000 → Oct 2003	$750K	5
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Oct 1996 → Oct 2000	$750K	1
GULF INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1994 → Apr 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
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

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Wisconsin: 1 inspections

Home base

CHICAGO, IL

1945 S HALSTEAD ST

Most inspections: WI

1 inspections

WI 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Shares a company officer with other carriers

eric mautner — 3 carriers: USDOT 335870 USDOT 1370192

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1945 S HALSTEAD ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60608
Operation: Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

Contact

Phone: (480) 204-6730
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: chicagomessenger.com

Registration

Officers: Patrick Camunez · Eric Mautner
USDOT / docket: 268887 · MC-165935
First registered: Jan 22, 1986
Last MCS-150: Sep 23, 2025 · 250,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 47037767

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

250,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

No eligible vehicle inspections in this period.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

2violation records

1OOS-tagged records

n/ainspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

n/aMay 25 to Nov 250 / 0

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

n/aMay 26 to Nov 260 / 0

Top 2 codes (2 of 2 records)

392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9AA1 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC.

CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 268887) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active broker authority but no active for-hire carrier authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 30, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 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. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 23, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number?

CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number is 268887, and its motor carrier number is MC-165935.

Is CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC's safety record?

CENTRAL ZONE LOGISTICS LLC has a — vehicle out-of-service rate across 2 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.