Safe Ship Is Disappearing. Here Is What That Looks Like.

Safe Ship Moving Services (DOT 3475743) has 404 NCCDB complaints, more than any company in the FMCSA database. Its CEO was recorded saying he spends 'a million dollars a week on advertising.' Its law firm filed coordinated lawsuits against a consumer protection nonprofit. Its employees sued for unpaid overtime.

Now the company is going dark. And it has a backup plan.

In August 2026, Safe Ship removed its Google Business profile. The company that spent a million dollars a week on advertising, that created paid press releases on ACCESS Newswire claiming '30,000 families' served, that maintained a 9.9 out of 10 on paid review platforms, deleted its primary consumer-facing search presence.

The company also altered its Yelp page. The details of what was changed are not publicly documented, but the timing aligns with increasing federal enforcement attention and media coverage.

A company that is confident in its operations does not erase its online presence. A company preparing for a shutdown or a transition does.

Two independent industry sources confirmed in August 2026 that Roger Vance, Safe Ship's CEO, purchased a 51% controlling stake in BLVD Moving and Storage (DOT 2892909, Chatsworth CA). BLVD has 33 trucks, 57 NCCDB complaints, and an established carrier operation in a different state under a different business model.

David Fimbres remains listed as CEO of BLVD. FMCSA records do not reflect the change in controlling ownership.

This is the acquisition variant of the chameleon carrier pattern. Instead of dissolving Safe Ship and registering a new company (which FMCSA's Motus system might detect), Vance bought into an existing carrier. If Safe Ship's broker authority is suspended, the operation has a pre-positioned fallback with active authority, real trucks, and a California address. The transition would be invisible in federal databases.

An industry source with direct knowledge of federal enforcement activity reports that investigators are encouraging consumers and advocates to contact the Florida Attorney General directly regarding Safe Ship. FL AG James Uthmeier can be reached on X at @AGJamesUthmeier.

The suggestion to route pressure through the state AG, rather than through FMCSA, is itself a signal. It suggests that federal investigators believe state enforcement may move faster than the federal system, or that the state AG has tools (like FDUTPA enforcement) that FMCSA lost after the Riojas decision.

FMCSA has closed zero broker enforcement cases since September 2024.

If Safe Ship follows the pattern of other fraud operations documented by Trunk:

The broker authority will be suspended or voluntarily surrendered. Operations will shift to BLVD Moving and Storage or another pre-positioned entity. The principals (Vance, Drinkard) will appear as officers, consultants, or undisclosed owners of the new entity. The advertising budget will redirect to the new brand. The complaint cycle will restart under the new name.

Consumers who search for BLVD Moving and Storage today will find a California carrier with 33 trucks and a modest complaint history. They will not find any connection to Safe Ship, Roger Vance, or the 404 NCCDB complaints that made Safe Ship the most-complained broker in America.

Trunk will track this transition as it occurs.

Safe Ship's legal exposure continues to grow:

Vellar Holdings v. USMPO (consolidated 0:25-cv-80042, S.D. Florida): Coordinated lawsuit against a consumer protection nonprofit. First Motion to Dismiss granted.

Weinstein v. Vellar Holdings (9:25-cv-80733, S.D. Florida): FLSA lawsuit by former employee alleging 84-hour weeks and 1099 misclassification.

Wang v. Safe Ship Moving Services (Palm Beach County 502025CA012956XXXAMB): Consumer negligent carrier selection lawsuit. Trunk's carrier vetting data entered as court exhibit.

A company that is simultaneously suing a consumer watchdog, being sued by its own employees, and being sued by a consumer whose belongings it dispatched to an unqualified carrier is not a company that is winding down quietly. It is a company that is fighting on multiple fronts while preparing its exit.