Carrier profile · USDOT 1597774 · MC-591082 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Balkan Express LLC

145 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 28 statesFORT WORTH, TX63/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-591082 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

145Power units

142 observed · MCS-150

211Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.8Avg age (yr)

2004–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(817) 924-1410 Email dispatchraso@balkanexpressllc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.6% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2007.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

145 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.8 yr

Model years 2004–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

328 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 156 vehicle and 328 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.4% · 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 6.4 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

305 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 48

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 145-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 145
Inspections · 24 mo: 328
Annualized: ≈164 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving185 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 34 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 12 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 11 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance37 · 4 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 9 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 15 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Sparta’12–’14

State Nationalspecialty’15–’17

Compass Specialty’20–’22

Carolina’22–’24

2007201220172022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 18 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 18 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2022 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
COMPASS SPECIALTY INSURANCE RRG, INC.	Jul 2020 → Apr 2022	$750K	4
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Jul 2019 → Jul 2020	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	3
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jul 2018	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2015 → Jun 2017	$750K	2
KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2014 → Jun 2015	$750K	1
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2012 → Jul 2014	$750K	6
TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Jul 2012	$750K	8
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2011 → Jul 2011	$750K	1
TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2011 → Sep 2011	$750K	1
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2010 → Jul 2011	$750K	3
HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY CO.	Jul 2010 → Jul 2010	$750K	1
GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2009 → Jul 2010	$750K	3
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIERS RISK RETENTION GROUP	Jul 2008 → Jul 2009	$750K	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2007 → Jul 2008	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEPENDENT TRUCKERS INS. CO., RRG	Feb 2007 → Oct 2007	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 145
Observed power (24 mo): 142
Trailers (towed): 211

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

68.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

328

UT busiest

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

Home base

FORT WORTH, TX

2560 E LONG AVENUE

Top corridor

UT ⇄ TX

UT 73 · NM 57 · CO 36

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 (99 trucks · 50 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2373308 USDOT 3464602 USDOT 3488605 USDOT 2312547 USDOT 2463178 USDOT 2545275 USDOT 3927167 USDOT 3932104

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@balkanexpressllc.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3142598

Shares a company officer with other carriers

zlatan karic — 3 carriers: USDOT 3142598 USDOT 3189717

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

145

Observed (24 mo)

142

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: 2560 E LONG AVENUE, FORT WORTH, TX, 76137
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (817) 924-1410
Fax: (800) 328-1765
Email: raso@balkanexpressllc.com
Web domain: balkanexpressllc.com

Registration

Officer: Zlatan Karic
USDOT / docket: 1597774 · MC-591082
First registered: Jan 19, 2007
Last MCS-150: Apr 1, 2025 · 16,100,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 15, 2021
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

145

Power units

160

Drivers

160

CDL drivers

16,100,000

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 BALKAN EXPRESS LLC.

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1597774) has a Vektor safety score of 63/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 328 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 156 vehicle-level and 328 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 145 power units and 160 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 1, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 15, 2021 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BALKAN EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 1597774, and its motor carrier number is MC-591082.

Is BALKAN EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, BALKAN EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BALKAN EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC has a 27.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 622 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 63/100 (tier: high_risk).

How big is BALKAN EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC operates 145 power units and 160 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BALKAN EXPRESS LLC based?

BALKAN EXPRESS LLC is based in FORT WORTH, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

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