COWAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC
USDOT 917652
Active, interstate carrier, mid-size fleet (77 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory.
Vetting summary
At a glance
- Insurance on fileLiberty Mutual Insurance
- Out-of-service rate16.2% vs 19.1% national avg
- Crashes (24 months)5 reported — involvement does not imply fault
- Linked registrations4 share this carrier's phone or address
These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.
Registration
Carrier identity
| USDOT Number | 917652 |
|---|---|
| MC Number | MC-396918 |
| Legal Name | COWAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC |
| DBA Name | — |
| Entity Type | CORPORATION |
| Phone | 4102470800 |
| Address | 4555 HOLLINS FERRY ROAD, Baltimore, MD, 21227 |
Status
Authority & safety
| Operating Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Operation Type | Interstate |
| Safety Rating | S — Satisfactory (rated 20060316) |
| 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.
Filings
Insurance
| Current Insurer | Liberty Mutual Insurance |
|---|---|
| Coverage on File | $0 |
| Insurance on File Since | 2025-11-01 |
| Insurer | Coverage | Form | Effective | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Mutual Insurance | $0 | BMC-82 | 2025-11-01 | — |
Timeline
Authority history
| Authority Events on Record | 1 |
|---|
- 2016-12-12 — Reinstated — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) Active REINSTATED
Our scoring
Safety scores
| Unsafe Driving | 84 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Hours-of-Service Compliance | 0 / 100 |
| Driver Fitness | 86 / 100 |
| Controlled Substances & Alcohol | 0 / 100 |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 82 / 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 | 74 |
|---|---|
| Out-of-Service Rate | 16.2% vs 19.1% national average |
| Crashes | 5 total (0 fatal, 3 with injuries, 4 towaway) |
- 2025-11-05 — SC — 1 injured
- 2025-09-19 — SC — 1 injured, towaway
- 2025-06-16 — TN — towaway
- 2025-06-10 — TN — towaway
- 2024-08-15 — TN — 1 injured, towaway
Most frequent violation categories: 20 (31), 12 (13), 51 (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
4 other active carrier registrations share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.
USDOT 215194 · USDOT 548880 · USDOT 2217118 · USDOT 2235345
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) | 77 |
|---|---|
| Drivers | 65 |
| Recent Annual Mileage | 3,722,570 |
| Last MCS-150 Filing | 22-JAN-26 |
COWAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC operates 77 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in MD.
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