STANDARD FORWARDING LLC
USDOT 1996747 · Doing business as DHL FREIGHT
Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (302 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory.
Vetting summary
At a glance
- Out-of-service rate15.8% vs 19.1% national avg
- Crashes (24 months)14 reported — involvement does not imply fault
- Linked registrations1 share this carrier's phone or address
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Registration
Carrier identity
| USDOT Number | 1996747 |
|---|---|
| MC Number | MC-16536 |
| Legal Name | STANDARD FORWARDING LLC |
| DBA Name | DHL FREIGHT |
| Entity Type | — |
| Phone | 8004472012 |
| Address | 1909 E 17TH STREET, Des Moines, IA, 50316 |
Status
Authority & safety
| Operating Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Operation Type | Interstate |
| Safety Rating | S — Satisfactory (rated 20230216) |
| Hazmat Flag | false |
Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.
Our scoring
Safety scores
| Unsafe Driving | 79 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Hours-of-Service Compliance | 84 / 100 |
| Driver Fitness | 0 / 100 |
| Controlled Substances & Alcohol | 99 / 100 |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 84 / 100 |
Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.
Safety events
Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)
| Inspections | 57 |
|---|---|
| Out-of-Service Rate | 15.8% vs 19.1% national average |
| Crashes | 14 total (1 fatal, 4 with injuries, 13 towaway) |
- 2026-05-24 — NJ — 1 injured, towaway
- 2025-10-24 — IA — 2 fatal, 1 injured, towaway
- 2025-09-29 — WI — towaway
- 2025-09-29 — IN — 1 injured, towaway
- 2025-09-20 — IL — towaway
Most frequent violation categories: 16 (19), 12 (13), 15 (10).
Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.
Signals
Linked registrations
1 other active carrier registration share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.
Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.
Equipment
Fleet & operations
| Power Units (trucks) | 302 |
|---|---|
| Drivers | 277 |
| Recent Annual Mileage | 18,584,983 |
| Last MCS-150 Filing | 04-SEP-24 |
STANDARD FORWARDING LLC operates 302 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in IA.
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