Carrier profile · USDOT 2458954 · MC-1353676 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

MSP Star Transportation Inc

20 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 29 statesSAINT PAUL, MN86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1353676 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

44 observed · MCS-150

61Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.0Avg age (yr)

2004–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(651) 417-0295 Email dispatchinvoice@mspstar.us

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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 average40.9% 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 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-mo40.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8 yr

Model years 2004–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

85 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 40.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

70.0% · 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 11.0 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 10

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: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 85
Annualized: ≈43 / 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 Driving58 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 11 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 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 ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United Financial’22–’24

United Financial’24–’25

20222023202420252026now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since May 2026

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC	Apr 2026 → May 2025	$750K	2
SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Dec 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	2
BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC	May 2025 → May 2025	$750K	10
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2025	$750K	4
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → May 2024	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2022 → Feb 2024	$750K	4

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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): 44
Trailers (towed): 61

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

2025

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

68.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

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

Home base

SAINT PAUL, MN

801 TRANSFER RD

Top corridor

OH ⇄ MN

OH 10 · AR 7 · MN 5

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: 12 trucks also ran under 15 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3337429 USDOT 4248515 USDOT 4274082 USDOT 3242301 USDOT 3867057 USDOT 3353399 USDOT 3931304 USDOT 4137589Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (98 trucks · 122 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2906262 USDOT 3337429 USDOT 4137589 USDOT 4248515 USDOT 4274082 USDOT 3139125 USDOT 3519782 USDOT 3641869

Shares a company officer with other carriers

rastam ali — 2 carriers: USDOT 3781263

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 801 TRANSFER RD, SAINT PAUL, MN, 55114-1425
Mailing address: 11468 MARKETPLACE DR N SUITE 600-1077, CHAMPLIN, MN, 55316
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (651) 417-0295
Cell: (612) 564-8599
Email: invoice@mspstar.us
Web domain: mspstar.us

Registration

Officer: Rastam Ali
USDOT / docket: 2458954 · MC-1353676
First registered: Dec 6, 2013
Last MCS-150: Apr 24, 2026 · 400,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

400,000

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 MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC.

MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2458954) 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 common and 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 UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective May 2, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 85 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 85 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 7 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 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 24, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2458954, and its motor carrier number is MC-1353676.

Is MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC has a 40.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 118 roadside inspections, with 7 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 MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC operates 20 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC based?

MSP STAR TRANSPORTATION INC is based in SAINT PAUL, MN, with roadside inspections recorded across 29 states.

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