Carrier profile · USDOT 128493 · MC-120924 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

B & W Cartage Company Inc

518 power unitsavg 9.8 yrNational · 23 statesTAYLOR, MI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-120924 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

518Power units

337 observed · MCS-150

491Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(313) 299-2167 Email dispatchhpalmer@ilgi.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record37 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

31 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

31 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

518 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.8 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

713 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 347 vehicle and 713 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 14.7 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

688 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 46

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 518-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 518
Inspections · 24 mo: 713
Annualized: ≈357 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving202 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance103 · 99 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance101 · 24 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance76 · 8 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance55 · 35 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 9 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance22 · 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Liberty Fire’92–’96

Travelers’96–’00

Hudson’08–’25

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2008 → Nov 2025	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2006 → Feb 2008	$1M	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2004 → Nov 2004	$1M	2
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2003 → Nov 2003	$1M	4
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2002 → Nov 2003	$1M	1
SPECIALTY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2001 → Nov 2002	$1M	1
GULF INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2000 → Nov 2001	$1M	1
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Nov 1996 → Nov 2000	$1M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1992 → Nov 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 518
Observed power (24 mo): 337
Trailers (towed): 491

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

53.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 23 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

709

KY busiest

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

Home base

TAYLOR, MI

9850 PELHAM

Top corridor

KY ⇄ MI

KY 142 · IL 105 · IN 96

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: 41 trucks also ran under 26 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 608011 USDOT 2495104 USDOT 4037072 USDOT 2390901 USDOT 2956612 USDOT 545167 USDOT 809244 USDOT 2365308Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 77 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 608011 USDOT 2390901 USDOT 2495104 USDOT 3978483 USDOT 4037072 USDOT 3805055 USDOT 3431963 USDOT 308414

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ilgi.com — 10 carriers: USDOT 104267 USDOT 418669 USDOT 520220 USDOT 603957 USDOT 678969 USDOT 2029530 USDOT 2377058 USDOT 4012539

Shares a company officer with other carriers

holly palmer — 5 carriers: USDOT 418669 USDOT 520220 USDOT 2029530 USDOT 4012539

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

518

Observed (24 mo)

337

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9850 PELHAM, TAYLOR, MI, 48180
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (313) 299-2167
Email: hpalmer@ilgi.com
Web domain: ilgi.com

Registration

Officer: Holly Palmer
USDOT / docket: 128493 · MC-120924
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Feb 19, 2025 · 33,614,480 mi (2021)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 26, 2011
D-U-N-S: 61428259

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

518

Power units

607

Drivers

607

CDL drivers

33,614,480

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 B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC.

B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC (USDOT 128493) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 713 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 347 vehicle-level and 713 driver-level — across 23 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 31 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 37 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 518 power units and 607 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 19, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 26, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 128493, and its motor carrier number is MC-120924.

Is B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC's safety record?

B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC has a 25.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,129 roadside inspections, with 31 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC's fleet?

B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC operates 518 power units and 607 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC based?

B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC is based in TAYLOR, MI, with roadside inspections recorded across 23 states.

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