Carrier profile · USDOT 238912 · MC-206337 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Berard Transportation Inc

25 power unitsavg 13 yrMulti-region · 9 statesNEW IBERIA, LA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-206337 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

19Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

13.0Avg age (yr)

2002–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(337) 229-6326 Email dispatchcruzstansbury@berardtrans.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes8 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 43 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1983.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 42 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.6%

▼ 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

Asset-based

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13 yr

Model years 2002–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

42 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1983 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

29 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 13.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 13.9 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 7

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 25-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 29
Annualized: ≈15 / 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 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: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’24 · 9 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Travelers’89–’01

Federal’01–’05

Houston Specialty’10–’15

Houston Specialty’17–’21

Gray’21–now

1989199920092019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2024

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2024	$750K	1
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2017 → May 2021	$750K	4
AMERICAN FAMILY HOME INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2016	$750K	1
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2016	$750K	2
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	May 2015 → May 2015	$750K	1
AMERICAN FAMILY HOME INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	1
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → May 2015	$750K	5
QBE SPECIALTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	May 2009 → May 2010	$750K	1
TORUS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2007 → May 2009	$750K	2
CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2005 → May 2007	$750K	2
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2001 → May 2005	$750K	1
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 1989 → Jun 2001	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 19

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

31.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

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

Home base

NEW IBERIA, LA

3214 WEST ADMIRAL DOYLE DR

Top corridor

LA 10 · AZ 6 · MS 3

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 (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 152429 USDOT 48803

Shares a company officer with other carriers

john berard — 2 carriers: USDOT 2162568

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3214 WEST ADMIRAL DOYLE DR, NEW IBERIA, LA, 70560
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (337) 229-6326
Fax: (337) 229-8426
Email: cruzstansbury@berardtrans.com
Web domain: berardtrans.com

Registration

Officers: John Berard · Randy Berard
USDOT / docket: 238912 · MC-206337
First registered: Oct 20, 1983
Last MCS-150: Nov 13, 2025 · 721,698 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 9, 2025
D-U-N-S: 4857702

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

721,698

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 BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC.

BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 238912) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 7, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 29 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 29 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 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 25 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 13, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 9, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 238912, and its motor carrier number is MC-206337.

Is BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC has a 13.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 42 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC operates 25 power units and 23 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC based?

BERARD TRANSPORTATION INC is based in NEW IBERIA, LA, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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