Carrier profile · USDOT 1416745 · MC-536134 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Tempest Transportation Inc

75 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 25 statesMIAMI, FL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-536134 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

75Power units

65 observed · MCS-150

99Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.3Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(615) 964-1767 Email dispatchronen@tempesttransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average34.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

75 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.3 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

143 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 34.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 20.9 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

143 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 14

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 75
Inspections · 24 mo: 143
Annualized: ≈72 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 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)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 · 16 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Carolina’06–’09

Great American’09–’11

Rli’15–’17

Carolina’17–’19

Milford’24–now

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 19 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2023 → Nov 2024	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	3
LOXDON INSURANCE COMPANY RISK RETENTION GROUP	Nov 2021 → Nov 2021	$750K	1
SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Nov 2021 → Nov 2022	$750K	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Nov 2020 → Nov 2021	$750K	10
PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	Nov 2019 → Nov 2020	$750K	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2017 → Nov 2019	$750K	6
GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Aug 2017	$750K	1
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2015 → Aug 2017	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2014 → Nov 2014	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2013 → Nov 2013	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Sep 2013 → Nov 2013	$750K	3
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2012 → Sep 2013	$750K	3
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Sep 2011 → Sep 2012	$750K	1
GREAT AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2009 → Sep 2011	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2006 → Sep 2009	$750K	3
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jun 2006 → Sep 2006	$750K	1
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE	May 2006 → Jun 2006	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 75
Observed power (24 mo): 65
Trailers (towed): 99

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

77.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

143

CA busiest

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

Home base

MIAMI, FL

3100 NW 74TH AVE 2ND FLOOR

Top corridor

CA ⇄ FL

CA 46 · NM 15 · FL 11

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: 37 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4134294 USDOT 4289087 USDOT 1097043 USDOT 653073 USDOT 3956183 USDOT 4195863 USDOT 168705 USDOT 2402648Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 25 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 653073 USDOT 1097043 USDOT 3847526 USDOT 2402648 USDOT 3896716 USDOT 3404802 USDOT 3943475 USDOT 3956183

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3100 NW 74TH AVE 2ND FLOOR, MIAMI, FL, 33122
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (615) 964-1767
Email: ronen@tempesttransportation.com
Web domain: tempesttransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Ronen Koubi
USDOT / docket: 1416745 · MC-536134
First registered: Sep 16, 2005
Last MCS-150: Aug 26, 2026 · 11,000,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 10, 2012
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

11,000,000

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 TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC.

TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1416745) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 34.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 143 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 75 vehicle-level and 143 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 75 power units and 95 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 26, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 10, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1416745, and its motor carrier number is MC-536134.

Is TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC has a 34.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 150 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC operates 75 power units and 95 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC based?

TEMPEST TRANSPORTATION INC is based in MIAMI, FL, with roadside inspections recorded across 25 states.

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