# NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC: FMCSA record and Trust Receipt Canonical: https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/carrier/3195597 > **NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC (USDOT 3195597) holds Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) with status Active in Orland Hills, IL; liability insurance from ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY is on file (effective 2026-05-20). Vehicle and driver out-of-service rates are 20.0% and 20.0% against 22.26% and 6.67% nationally.** As of 2026-10-27. [Home](https://carrierdaily.com/) › [Broker Watch](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch) › [Illinois](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/state/il) › [NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/carrier/3195597) Broker Watch · carrier profile USDOT 3195597 · MC149693 · Orland Hills, IL ## Key Facts - **USDOT 3195597 operating authority (FMCSA L&I, as of 2026-10-27T12:07:53+00:00)**: Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Active - **Liability insurance on file**: ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY, effective 2026-05-20 - **Trust Signal Score**: 90 / 100 (Amber) - **Fleet size (Company Census)**: 10 power units, 10 drivers - **Based in**: Orland Hills, IL - **Shared identifiers (other DOT records)**: 0 Source: official USDOT FMCSA Licensing & Insurance, Company Census and SMS public records, verified Oct 27, 2026 · Cite: CarrierDaily Broker Watch, FMCSA public records as of 2026-10-27T12:07:53+00:00 · [sources and method](https://carrierdaily.com/broker-watch/data-sources) · [Machine-readable data: JSON](https://carrierdaily.com/api/public/trust/3195597.json) ## Trust & Change Signals for NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC Amber 90 / 100 Trust Signal Score Print / Save PDF receipt Copy verification link Verify at https://carrierdaily.com/tools/dot-lookup?q=3195597 ### Receipts - · Operating authority status is Active. (FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (Motus carrier/insurance files), 2026-10-27) - · Liability insurance on file: ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY, effective 2026-05-20. (FMCSA L&I insurance history, 2026-05-20) - · USDOT number registered 8.1 years ago (2018-10-02, Company Census add date). (FMCSA Company Census, 2018-10-02) - ● Driver out-of-service rate 20.0% vs 5.6% national average (10 inspections, 24 months). (FMCSA SMS, 2026-10-28) - · Vehicle out-of-service rate 20.0% vs 21.6% national average (10 inspections, 24 months). (FMCSA SMS, 2026-10-28) ### Shared identifiers No other DOT record shares this carrier's phone, address, email or officer names in our data. ### Contact and name changes No contact or name change recorded since monitoring began. Data reflects official public records published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (FMCSA) as of Oct 27, 2026 06:07 MDT. CarrierDaily provides factual public-record change monitoring and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. Sources: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (Motus carrier and insurance history files); FMCSA Company Census (az4n-8mr2); FMCSA SMS inspection, crash and BASIC summaries; CarrierDaily daily comparison of those files (hash-matched identifiers). Identifier matches are computed on one-way hashes; no phone, email or address value is stored. ### Watch this carrier ## How does this carrier compare? | Metric | This carrier | Benchmark | Delta | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Operating authority | Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods): Active | 85.1% of Illinois records are Active | Active like the state majority | FMCSA Licensing & Insurance | | Authority age | no grant date on file | 90-day post-approval window | n/a | FMCSA L&I grant / reinstatement date | | BIPD liability filing | $1,000,000 on file | $750,000 required | +250,000 vs required | FMCSA L&I insurance filings | | Current liability policy | ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY, effective 2026-05-20 | policy age in days | 161 days on file | FMCSA L&I insurance history | | Vehicle out-of-service rate | 20.0% | 22.26% national (FMCSA SAFER) | -2.3 pts vs national | FMCSA SMS, 24 months | | Driver out-of-service rate | 20.0% | 6.67% national (FMCSA SAFER) | +13.3 pts vs national | FMCSA SMS, 24 months | | Roadside inspections, 24 months | 10 | 231 Illinois carriers with SMS summaries | 2 recorded crashes | FMCSA SMS | | Fleet size | 10 power units, 10 drivers | 204 curated Illinois fleets | 23th percentile of the state cohort | FMCSA Company Census (MCS-150) | | Shared identifiers with other DOT records | 0 (0 with revoked authority or a cancellation) | 13.4% of Illinois records share one | none, below the state avg | FMCSA Company Census (one-way hashes) | | Record changes, last 90 days | 0 | 0 changes = stable contact and name record | +0 vs a stable record | FMCSA Company Census / L&I, compared daily | | MCS-150 last updated | 2026-03-18 | biennial update (730 days) | +506 days vs due | FMCSA Company Census | | Trust Signal Score | 90 / 100 (Amber) | 89.7% of scored Illinois carriers are Green | not Green, unlike 84.3% nationally | CarrierDaily, deterministic from the facts above | | Cargo classifications | General freight, Intermodal containers | from the carrier's own MCS-150 | 2 hub(s) | FMCSA Company Census | ## Is NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC authorized by FMCSA? Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) is Active. 85.1% of Illinois authority records are Active. ## Does NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC have insurance on file? Yes. The current liability filing names ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY with an effective date of 2026-05-20; $1,000,000 is on file against $750,000 required. A BMC-35 cancellation notice would appear here 30 days before it takes effect. ## How does NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC compare on roadside inspections? FMCSA SMS records 10 inspections in 24 months: vehicle out-of-service 20.0% and driver 20.0% against the national averages of 22.26% and 6.67%. The driver rate is above the national average. 2 crashes are recorded. ## Does NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC share identifiers with other DOT records? No. The phone, address, email and officer names on this record match no other DOT record in the Company Census. ## What changed in the last 90 days? Nothing: the name, contacts and authority record are unchanged across the last 90 days of daily comparisons. ## What does the Trust Signal Score say about NORTHSTAR TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC? 90 / 100, Amber: at least one deduction applies (a new authority, a recent change, a shared identifier or an inspection rate above average). Each deduction is a dated line on the receipt; verify the one that matters for your load. 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The score is a deterministic reading of FMCSA public-record facts, each listed with its source; it is not a consumer report. Machine-readable data: https://carrierdaily.com/api/public/trust/3195597.json Data reflects official public records published by the U.S. Department of Transportation (FMCSA) as of Oct 27, 2026 06:07 MDT. CarrierDaily provides factual public-record change monitoring and is not a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.