Admiral Merchants — compliance record
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Vetting summary
Authority age
48 years (granted 1977)
Liability filing
$3M BIPD — meets the $750K federal minimum
Inspections
Zero inspections on file — no safety data to evaluate (a documented gap in vetting standards)
Email identity
Company domain, matches website
Federal identity
Registration snapshot
Legal name
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight Inc
DBA
Admiral Merchants
Entity type
Carrier+broker
Physical address
215 South 11th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403-9837
Phone
(612) 332-4819
Power units
393
Drivers
421
First on record
—
Last MCS-150 filing
—
Hazmat flag
No
Operating authority
Dockets & filings
MC076266
Common: Active · Contract: Active · Broker: Active
Property: ✓ · Passenger: — · HHG: — · BIPD filed: ✓ · Cargo: — · Bond: ✓
Authority history
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Involuntary Revocation — Common
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Involuntary Revocation — Broker
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Property Broker
Insurance filings
Email & web forensics
On-file email
phinrichs@ammf.com — company domain
Domain age
ammf.com registered 1996-09-27 (30 years)
Mail host
Self-hosted / other
Domain match
Email domain matches the company website
From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.
Crash record — last 24 months
37
Reportable crashes
36
Tow-aways
10
With injuries
2
With fatalities
Most recent: AZ 05/2026 · VA 05/2026 · AL 05/2026 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.
Safety record
Inspection history
No roadside inspections in the current federal dataset.
Activity log
Record changes
TenFourHQ re-syncs the federal record daily and logs every field that changes — address moves, fleet-size jumps, authority flips. Sudden changes are a classic fraud tell.
No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.
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