Carrier profile · USDOT 164032 · MC-457577 · Updated Aug 21, 2026

Berlin Transportation LLC

15 power unitsavg 10.6 yrMulti-region · 11 statesMILLERSBURG, OH87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457577 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

15Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.6Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(330) 674-3395 Email dispatchdispatch@berlintransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 21, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes13 crashes involving injuries are on 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-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

15 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.6 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

16 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 33.3 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 15-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
387.301 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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

$750K BIPD last filed ’22 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’92–’96

Liberty Fire’96–’01

Northland’03–’15

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jul 2022

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Jul 2021 → Jul 2022	$750K	3
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2021	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2019	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2016 → Jul 2017	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2015 → Jul 2016	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2003 → Jul 2015	$750K	3
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2003 → Oct 2004	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2001 → Jun 2001	$1M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1996 → Jun 2001	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1992 → Jul 1996	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 15
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

76.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

SC busiest

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

Home base

MILLERSBURG, OH

7576 STATE ROUTE 241

Top corridor

SC ⇄ OH

SC 3 · OH 2 · IN 2

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4299921 USDOT 3983942

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ken yoder — 2 carriers: USDOT 1892182

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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: 7576 STATE ROUTE 241, MILLERSBURG, OH, 44654-8822
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (330) 674-3395
Fax: (330) 674-5069
Email: dispatch@berlintransportation.com
Web domain: berlintransportation.com

Registration

Officers: Ken Yoder · Jeremy Patterson
USDOT / docket: 164032 · MC-457577
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Feb 2, 2026 · 1,200,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 9, 2009
D-U-N-S: 53577607

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,200,000

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 BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC.

BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 164032) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jul 1, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier received 16 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 16 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 21, 2026.

It reports 15 power units and 15 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 9, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 164032, and its motor carrier number is MC-457577.

Is BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 21, 2026, BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 29 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 15 power units and 15 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

BERLIN TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in MILLERSBURG, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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