Carrier profile · USDOT 1877329 · MC-655200 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Penmark Transportation Inc

78 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 33 statesROSELLE, IL70/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-655200 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

78Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

89Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.0Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(773) 837-6144 Email dispatchpenmarksafety@yahoo.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

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 2

Established 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2009.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 461 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

78 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2009 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

101 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 101 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 2.2 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

89 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 78-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 78
Inspections · 24 mo: 101
Annualized: ≈51 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 43 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 9 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 9 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 2 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: Inactive
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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 10 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

National Liability’13–’15

United States’15–’17

Amtrust Kansas’19–’21

State Nationalspecialty’23–’25

2009201420192024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 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 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2025 → Feb 2026	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Dec 2023 → Dec 2025	$1M	8
AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2023 → Jan 2024	$1M	2
AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2021 → Apr 2022	$1M	3
AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC	Nov 2019 → Nov 2021	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2018 → Nov 2019	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2017 → Nov 2018	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2015 → Nov 2017	$1M	2
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Nov 2013 → Nov 2015	$1M	2
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Nov 2013	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2009 → Oct 2010	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 78
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 89

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

72.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 33 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

101

IL busiest

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

Home base

ROSELLE, IL

6N331 PAPWORTH ST

Top corridor

IL 11 · SD 10 · MT 10

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: 24 trucks also ran under 12 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2798394 USDOT 3639954 USDOT 4363453 USDOT 1492689 USDOT 3059016 USDOT 3215188 USDOT 3903551 USDOT 2416643Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 105 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2798394 USDOT 2843775 USDOT 3080558 USDOT 4363453 USDOT 854037 USDOT 2439417 USDOT 2539099 USDOT 3912866

Shares a company officer with other carriers

georgi tsenov — 2 carriers: USDOT 2003597

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: 6N331 PAPWORTH ST, ROSELLE, IL, 60172
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (773) 837-6144
Fax: (630) 948-4629
Email: penmarksafety@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Georgi Tsenov
USDOT / docket: 1877329 · MC-655200
First registered: Apr 14, 2009
Last MCS-150: Jun 25, 2025 · 8,044,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 6, 2024
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

8,044,000

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 PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC.

PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1877329) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading 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 22.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 101 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 36 vehicle-level and 101 driver-level — across 33 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 9 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 78 power units and 98 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 25, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 6, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1877329, and its motor carrier number is MC-655200.

Is PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC has a 22.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 461 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).

How big is PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC operates 78 power units and 98 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC based?

PENMARK TRANSPORTATION INC is based in ROSELLE, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 33 states.

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