Carrier profile · USDOT 2508026 · MC-869643 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Apl Cargo Inc

150 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 44 statesWOLCOTT, IN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-869643 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

150Power units

112 observed · MCS-150

130Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.6Avg age (yr)

2014–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(224) 255-5111 Email dispatchdispatch@aplcargoinc.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.9% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

150 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.6 yr

Model years 2014–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

416 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 38.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 198 vehicle and 416 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

56.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 10.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

395 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 26

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 150-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 150
Inspections · 24 mo: 416
Annualized: ≈208 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving259 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance102 · 86 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 18 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance54 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance53 · 7 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance44 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Occidental Fire’14–’17

Third Coast’19–’22

Carolina’22–’24

Ms Transverse’25–now

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	4
TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2024 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2022 → Jul 2024	$750K	1
THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2022	$750K	3
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2017	$750K	4
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2014 → Jul 2017	$750K	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 150
Observed power (24 mo): 112
Trailers (towed): 130

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

89.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 44 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

414

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

WOLCOTT, IN

11738 W US HWY 24

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IN

TN 35 · SD 29 · IA 26

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 10 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2341248 USDOT 3370643 USDOT 831156 USDOT 2506026 USDOT 461965 USDOT 2508028 USDOT 3737308 USDOT 3139112Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (89 trucks · 66 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3230006 USDOT 3575748 USDOT 3633546 USDOT 3718063 USDOT 3838094 USDOT 3658955 USDOT 3909468 USDOT 4087246

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@aplcargoinc.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3718063

Shares a company officer with other carriers

stefan trifan — 3 carriers: USDOT 2590179 USDOT 3801359

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

150

Observed (24 mo)

112

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 11738 W US HWY 24, WOLCOTT, IN, 47995
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (224) 255-5111
Email: dispatch@aplcargoinc.com
Web domain: aplcargoinc.com

Registration

Officer: Stefan Trifan
USDOT / docket: 2508026 · MC-869643
First registered: May 20, 2014
Last MCS-150: Feb 10, 2026 · 12,107,978 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

150

Power units

150

Drivers

150

CDL drivers

12,107,978

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for APL CARGO INC.

APL CARGO INC (USDOT 2508026) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 15, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 416 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 198 vehicle-level and 416 driver-level — across 44 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 150 power units and 150 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 10, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is APL CARGO INC's USDOT number?

APL CARGO INC's USDOT number is 2508026, and its motor carrier number is MC-869643.

Is APL CARGO INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, APL CARGO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is APL CARGO INC's safety record?

APL CARGO INC has a 38.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 703 roadside inspections, with 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is APL CARGO INC's fleet?

APL CARGO INC operates 150 power units and 150 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is APL CARGO INC based?

APL CARGO INC is based in WOLCOTT, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 44 states.

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