Carrier profile · USDOT 2517181 · MC-873499 · Updated Jul 5, 2026

Ama Transport LLC

17 power unitsavg 11 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCHARLOTTE, NC80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-873499 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

15 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.0Avg age (yr)

2004–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(919) 344-4435 Email dispatchamatransportllc@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 5, 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 average41.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo41.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo41.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11 yr

Model years 2004–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

40 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 41.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.0 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Compliance12 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 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$1,000,000 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

$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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wilshire’14–’16

Amguard’19–’22

Incline’22–’25

2014201720202023now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Jun 2025	$1M	3
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2022	$1M	7
INTEGON INDEMNITY CORPORATION	Jun 2018 → Jun 2019	$1M	3
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jun 2018	$1M	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Jun 2017	$1M	1
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2014 → Jun 2016	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 15
Trailers (towed): 24

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.0 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

82.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

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

Home base

CHARLOTTE, NC

4401 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD SUITE 210

Top corridor

TN ⇄ NC

TN 9 · NC 8 · LA 6

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: 8 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3782248 USDOT 4336324 USDOT 3357155 USDOT 3785642 USDOT 3306991 USDOT 3270662 USDOT 3594036 USDOT 3416248Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (34 trucks · 33 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3782248 USDOT 4336324 USDOT 2126609 USDOT 3270662 USDOT 3416248 USDOT 3687629 USDOT 3750950 USDOT 3891894

Shares a company officer with other carriers

amanuel tesfay — 3 carriers: USDOT 3414414 USDOT 4045460

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: 4401 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD SUITE 210, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28205
Mailing address: 6617 FARMINGDALE DRIVE, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28212
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (919) 344-4435
Email: amatransportllc@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Amanuel Tesfay
USDOT / docket: 2517181 · MC-873499
First registered: Jun 19, 2014
Last MCS-150: Dec 27, 2025 · 1,117,559 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,117,559

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 AMA TRANSPORT LLC.

AMA TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2517181) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 5, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 5, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 20, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 5, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 41.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 5, 2026.

The carrier received 40 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 40 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 5, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 5, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 15 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 27, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

AMA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2517181, and its motor carrier number is MC-873499.

Is AMA TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 5, 2026, AMA TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AMA TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

AMA TRANSPORT LLC has a 41.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 61 roadside inspections, with 5 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 AMA TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

AMA TRANSPORT LLC operates 17 power units and 15 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMA TRANSPORT LLC based?

AMA TRANSPORT LLC is based in CHARLOTTE, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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