Carrier profile · USDOT 2420344 · MC-833603 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Des Express LLC

20 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 7 statesDALLAS, TX75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-833603 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

26 observed · MCS-150

49Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.9Avg age (yr)

1999–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(214) 280-4162 Email dispatchgcastro@desexpress.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.5% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.8%

▲ 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-mo30.8%

▲ 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

Small fleet

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.9 yr

Model years 1999–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

80 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 30.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 20.8 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

76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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

≈2.0 / 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: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 80
Annualized: ≈40 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance43 · 9 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 9 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 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 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Aegis Security’14–’17

State Nationalspecialty’19–’21

Accredited’21–’24

Ms Transverse’24–now

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Aug 2021 → Sep 2024	$750K	4
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Aug 2019 → Aug 2021	$750K	2
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Aug 2018 → Aug 2019	$750K	5
AMERICAN SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Aug 2018	$750K	1
AEGIS SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2014 → Aug 2017	$750K	3
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Aug 2013 → Aug 2014	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 26
Trailers (towed): 49

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.9 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

78.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CO busiest

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

Home base

DALLAS, TX

3655 SIMPSON STUART RD STE 411340

Top corridor

CO ⇄ TX

CO 54 · TX 20 · NM 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: 2 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3356018Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (24 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2851885 USDOT 2884136 USDOT 3948346 USDOT 4429597 USDOT 3356018 USDOT 4007241 USDOT 2485870 USDOT 3438000

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: 3655 SIMPSON STUART RD STE 411340, DALLAS, TX, 75241
Mailing address: PO BOX 411340, DALLAS, TX, 75241
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (214) 280-4162
Email: gcastro@desexpress.com
Web domain: desexpress.com

Registration

Officer: Ghislaime Castro
USDOT / docket: 2420344 · MC-833603
First registered: Jul 9, 2013
Last MCS-150: May 4, 2026 · 3,367,413 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 27, 2025
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 86596119

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,367,413

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 DES EXPRESS LLC.

DES EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2420344) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 20, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 80 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 39 vehicle-level and 80 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 4, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 27, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DES EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

DES EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 2420344, and its motor carrier number is MC-833603.

Is DES EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, DES EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DES EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

DES EXPRESS LLC has a 30.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 137 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).

How big is DES EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

DES EXPRESS LLC operates 20 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DES EXPRESS LLC based?

DES EXPRESS LLC is based in DALLAS, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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