Continental Van Lines Inc
USDOT 11997 · MC118805
Continental Van Lines Inc of Tacoma, WA holds active federal authority to move household goods between states, and has been registered with FMCSA since 1 June 1974. Cargo insurance is on file, which is the coverage that applies to a customer's belongings. Federal filings retrieved 7 October 2026.
- Interstate authority
- Active
- Cargo insurance
- On file
- Liability coverage
- $1,000,000
- Fleet
- 26 trucks
On the register since 1974
75% of active carriers have a policy on file
Covers other people, not your shipment
96% of active carriers run this many or fewer
Photos from their listing on Google Maps
Before you sign with Continental Van Lines Inc
3 questionsDrawn from this company's own filing. The answers tell you more than any rating could.
Is this a binding estimate, a non-binding estimate, or binding not-to-exceed?
These are three different contracts. Only one of them caps what you can be charged, and the difference commonly shows up as hundreds of dollars on delivery day.
Read: Binding vs non-binding estimates
What is the charge if there are stairs, a long carry, or no parking for a full-size truck?
Access charges are the most common reason a final bill lands above the estimate, and they are rarely quoted unless asked.
Read: What drives moving costs
Am I getting released value protection or full value protection?
Released value is the free default and pays 60 cents per pound — roughly $18 for a 30-pound television. It is not insurance.
Read: Released value vs full value protectionCompany details
From FMCSA filings, retrieved 7 Oct 2026- Who does the work
- Carrier
- Filed phone
- (206) 805-3371
- Registered
- 1974
Moves your belongings itself, with its own trucks and crew.
Registered longer than three quarters of active carriers, who registered after 2005.
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Licensed companies with a similar name
Names repeat across this industry. These are different companies with their own filings.
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What these terms mean
- USDOT number
- A permanent registration number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It stays with a company for its lifetime and is how any filing is looked up.
- Docket (MC) number
- The number attached to a grant of operating authority. A company holds one docket per authority type, so a company that both carries and brokers has more than one.
- Operating authority
- Federal permission to move goods across a state line for money. Without it, a company cannot legally perform an interstate household goods move.
- Cargo insurance
- The policy that covers loss or damage to a customer's belongings while the carrier has them. Required of household goods carriers, not of brokers.
- Public liability (BIPD)
- Bodily injury and property damage coverage. It pays for harm the company causes to other people and their property — a vehicle it hits, a wall it drives into. It does not cover the shipment.
- Power units
- Trucks and tractors the company reported to FMCSA on its most recent biennial update. Self-reported, and often out of date.
We reproduce federal filings as filed and do not rate, rank, score or endorse any company. If this record is wrong, the company can correct it with the FMCSA and the next daily pull will carry the change.
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