Carrier profile · USDOT 2396986 · MC-824136 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Melo Logistics Inc

25 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 18 statesKERMAN, CA90/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-824136 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

88Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.4Avg age (yr)

2018–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 681-4735 Email dispatchmeloinc@yahoo.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 · 2

MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.Multiple injury crashes4 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 166 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.4 yr

Model years 2018–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

103 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 19.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 14.8 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

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

≈2.1 / 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: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 103
Annualized: ≈52 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.1 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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 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 ’26 · 9 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

National Continental’15–’17

Scottsdale’18–’20

Harco National’20–’22

Southlake Specialty’25–now

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → May 2026	$750K	14
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Jan 2025	$750K	4
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2020 → Dec 2022	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2020	$750K	3
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$750K	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2015 → Dec 2017	$750K	10
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2015 → Jun 2015	$750K	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2015 → Jun 2015	$750K	1
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	May 2014 → Dec 2014	$750K	6
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	May 2013 → May 2013	$750K	4

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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): 21
Trailers (towed): 88

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2018

Oldest model yr

97.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 18 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

102

NM busiest

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

Home base

KERMAN, CA

669 S 17TH CT

Top corridor

NM ⇄ CA

NM 33 · CA 26 · CO 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: 34 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 1075604 USDOT 3250870 USDOT 1665651 USDOT 3564107 USDOT 4254576 USDOT 1460150 USDOT 1769704 USDOT 2850237Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 22 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1075604 USDOT 1665651 USDOT 2174977 USDOT 3404422 USDOT 3564107 USDOT 4299951 USDOT 4252548 USDOT 4317187

Shares a company officer with other carriers

parminder singh — 224 carriers: USDOT 845807 USDOT 975975 USDOT 1060123 USDOT 1083490 USDOT 1173916 USDOT 1195697 USDOT 1198923 USDOT 1250195

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: 669 S 17TH CT, KERMAN, CA, 93630
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 681-4735
Email: meloinc@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Parminder Singh
USDOT / docket: 2396986 · MC-824136
First registered: Apr 15, 2013
Last MCS-150: Oct 13, 2023 · 4,500,000 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,500,000

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 MELO LOGISTICS INC.

MELO LOGISTICS INC (USDOT 2396986) has a Vektor safety score of 90/100 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 SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 19.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 103 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 68 vehicle-level and 103 driver-level — across 18 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash 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 30 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 13, 2023.

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

Frequently asked

What is MELO LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number?

MELO LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number is 2396986, and its motor carrier number is MC-824136.

Is MELO LOGISTICS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MELO LOGISTICS INC's safety record?

MELO LOGISTICS INC has a 19.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 166 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 90/100 (tier: clear).

How big is MELO LOGISTICS INC's fleet?

MELO LOGISTICS INC operates 25 power units and 30 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MELO LOGISTICS INC based?

MELO LOGISTICS INC is based in KERMAN, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 18 states.

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