Carrier profile · USDOT 2146466 · MC-746612 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Smartlink Satellite LLC

10 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHARRISON, NJ80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-746612 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.0Avg age (yr)

2012–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(201) 876-2700 Email dispatchsafety@smartlinksatellite.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 average60.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 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 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo60.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo60.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8 yr

Model years 2012–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

17 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 60.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 8.3 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 17
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 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: 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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

American Southern’16–’18

United Specialty’18–’22

Concert Specialty’24–now

2011201520192023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2026	$750K	2
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2024	$750K	1
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2018 → May 2022	$750K	7
AMERICAN SOUTHERN HOME INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2018	$750K	2
AMERICAN SOUTHERN HOME INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → Oct 2015	$750K	3
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	May 2014 → May 2015	$750K	3
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2013 → May 2014	$750K	1
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2012 → May 2012	$750K	3
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	May 2011 → May 2012	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.0 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

96.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

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

HARRISON, NJ

700 1ST STREET 2ND FLOOR SUITE 205

Top corridor

CA ⇄ NJ

CA 2 · PA 2 · AZ 2

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: 7 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3430868 USDOT 3900688 USDOT 4200612 USDOT 1536854 USDOT 3628463 USDOT 3175329 USDOT 2634381 USDOT 1373179Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (29 trucks · 34 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1659541 USDOT 3409343 USDOT 3430868 USDOT 3622899 USDOT 4170524 USDOT 1536854 USDOT 1585414 USDOT 2114012

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: 700 1ST STREET 2ND FLOOR SUITE 205, HARRISON, NJ, 07029
Mailing address: 700 1ST STREET 2ND FLOOR SUITE, HARRISON, NJ, 07029
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (201) 876-2700
Email: safety@smartlinksatellite.com
Web domain: smartlinksatellite.com

Registration

Officer: Rashi Kaur
USDOT / docket: 2146466 · MC-746612
First registered: Apr 25, 2011
Last MCS-150: Mar 31, 2026 · 847,500 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

847,500

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 SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC.

SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC (USDOT 2146466) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 9, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 60.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 17 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 10 vehicle-level and 16 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC's USDOT number?

SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC's USDOT number is 2146466, and its motor carrier number is MC-746612.

Is SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC's safety record?

SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC has a 60.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 32 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC's fleet?

SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC operates 10 power units and 10 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC based?

SMARTLINK SATELLITE LLC is based in HARRISON, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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