Carrier profile · USDOT 735976 · MC-281548 · Updated Jul 21, 2026

NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC

19 power unitsLocal · 1 statesSALEM, OR100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-281548 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.2Avg age (yr)

2005–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(503) 362-2212 Email dispatchakendall@nwdist.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 21, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on file

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 28 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 9 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

19 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

5 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 16.7 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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 19-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: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

$0 BIPD last filed ’19 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Harco National’03–’06

Western National’10–’14

Cincinnati’16–now

1999200620132020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2019

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	May 2016 → Mar 2019	$0	2
DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2014 → May 2016	$0	4
WESTERN NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → May 2014	$0	3
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2010 → May 2010	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2009 → Mar 2010	$750K	1
UNIVERSAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2008 → Mar 2009	$750K	1
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2006 → Apr 2008	$750K	4
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2003 → Mar 2006	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2002 → Mar 2003	$750K	1
CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2000 → Mar 2002	$750K	3
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Oct 1999 → Mar 2000	$0	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 4

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

CA busiest

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

Home base

SALEM, OR

1745 OXFORD ST SE #150

Top corridor

CA ⇄ OR

CA 5

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 179930

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1745 OXFORD ST SE #150, SALEM, OR, 97302
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (503) 362-2212
Email: akendall@nwdist.com
Web domain: nwdist.com

Registration

Officers: Jason Flaig · Andrea Kendall
USDOT / docket: 735976 · MC-281548
First registered: Mar 18, 1998
Last MCS-150: Feb 27, 2026 · 435,785 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

435,785

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 NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC.

NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC (USDOT 735976) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 23, 2019 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 21, 2026.

The carrier received 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 5 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 21, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 21, 2026.

It reports 19 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 27, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC's USDOT number?

NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC's USDOT number is 735976, and its motor carrier number is MC-281548.

Is NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 21, 2026, NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC's safety record?

NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 9 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).