Carrier profile · USDOT 2070936 · MC-723809 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Amcal Transportation Inc

DBA AMCAL TRANSPORTATION

6 power unitsavg 17.4 yrLocal · 2 statesLATHROP, CA86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-723809 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

42Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

17.4Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(510) 483-6900 Email dispatchamcaltrans@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average37.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

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 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

17.4 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

63 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 37.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.8% · 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 15.1 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈5.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 63
Annualized: ≈32 / yr
Coverage: ≈5.3 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 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$750,000 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

$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 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Plaza’11–’13

Db (usbranch)’13–’20

Northland’21–’23

Obsidian Specialty’23–’25

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC · since Aug 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2025	$750K	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Aug 2021	$750K	1
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Aug 2013 → Aug 2020	$750K	9
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Sep 2013	$750K	4
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2010 → Sep 2011	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 42

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

17.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

22.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

LATHROP, CA

14061 JASPER STREET

Top corridor

CA 62 · NV 1

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: 5 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2328252 USDOT 3601006 USDOT 2788029 USDOT 1973792Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (23 trucks · 22 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2348648 USDOT 2788029 USDOT 3448689 USDOT 2856269 USDOT 3098560 USDOT 3345546 USDOT 2328252 USDOT 2711117

Shares a company officer with other carriers

gurtej dhaliwal — 3 carriers: USDOT 1260494 USDOT 1677966

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 14061 JASPER STREET, LATHROP, CA, 95330
Mailing address: PO BOX 6637, OAKLAND, CA, 94603
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (510) 483-6900
Fax: (510) 483-6903
Email: amcaltrans@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Gurtej Dhaliwal
USDOT / docket: 2070936 · MC-723809
First registered: Aug 30, 2010
Last MCS-150: Aug 20, 2025 · 482,500 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

482,500

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 AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC.

AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2070936) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC effective Aug 31, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 37.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 63 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 53 vehicle-level and 63 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 20, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2070936, and its motor carrier number is MC-723809.

Is AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC has a 37.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 106 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).

How big is AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC operates 6 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC based?

AMCAL TRANSPORTATION INC is based in LATHROP, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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