Carrier profile · USDOT 2728272 · MC-924454 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

MLC Carrier Inc

186 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 47 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL63/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-924454 INACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

186Power units

207 observed · MCS-150

225Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average32.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

26 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

26 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

186 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

583 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 32.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 253 vehicle and 583 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.8% · 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 10.3 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

537 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 51

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

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 186-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 186
Inspections · 24 mo: 583
Annualized: ≈292 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving353 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance136 · 116 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance79 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance63 · 14 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance52 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance41 · 27 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance37 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 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: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Spirit Commercial’15–’16

Compass Specialty’16–’19

National Continental’19–’22

State Nationalspecialty’23–’25

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Mar 2023 → Oct 2025	$1M	6
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Oct 2022 → Oct 2022	$1M	4
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2019 → Oct 2022	$1M	8
COMPASS SPECIALTY INSURANCE RRG, INC.	Oct 2016 → Oct 2019	$1M	3
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Oct 2015 → Oct 2016	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 186
Observed power (24 mo): 207
Trailers (towed): 225

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

87.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 47 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

581

TN busiest

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

Home base

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL

479 E BUSINESS CENTER DR SUITE#112

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 42 · IL 33 · SD 32

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: 96 trucks also ran under 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2838225 USDOT 3560213 USDOT 4053554 USDOT 3431512 USDOT 3508860 USDOT 3709501 USDOT 2187515 USDOT 4001559Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 84 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1687980 USDOT 3431512 USDOT 3508860 USDOT 3804567 USDOT 2469649 USDOT 2901954 USDOT 3482675 USDOT 3242692

Shares a company officer with other carriers

cristian malec — 2 carriers: USDOT 1398288

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

186

Observed (24 mo)

207

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: 479 E BUSINESS CENTER DR SUITE#112, MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, 60056
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (847) 376-8622
Fax: (224) 324-4252
Email: safetydep@mlccarrier.com
Web domain: mlccarrier.com

Registration

Officer: Cristian Malec
USDOT / docket: 2728272 · MC-924454
First registered: Jun 30, 2015
Last MCS-150: May 29, 2025 · 11,400,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.46
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

186

Power units

216

Drivers

216

CDL drivers

11,400,000

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 MLC CARRIER INC.

MLC CARRIER INC (USDOT 2728272) has a Vektor safety score of 63/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 583 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 253 vehicle-level and 583 driver-level — across 47 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 26 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 186 power units and 216 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 29, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is MLC CARRIER INC's USDOT number?

MLC CARRIER INC's USDOT number is 2728272, and its motor carrier number is MC-924454.

Is MLC CARRIER INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MLC CARRIER INC's safety record?

MLC CARRIER INC has a 32.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 955 roadside inspections, with 26 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 63/100 (tier: high_risk).

How big is MLC CARRIER INC's fleet?

MLC CARRIER INC operates 186 power units and 216 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MLC CARRIER INC based?

MLC CARRIER INC is based in MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 47 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(847) 376-8622 Email dispatchsafetydep@mlccarrier.comCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2728272
MC / Docket: MC-924454
Officer: CRISTIAN MALEC
Address: 479 E BUSINESS CENTER DR SUITE#112
MOUNT PROSPECT, IL, 60056

At a glance

No active for-hire authority

Private, exempt, or inactive — confirm before tendering.

Current BIPD status unknown

Active-filing snapshot unavailable — request a certificate of insurance before tendering.

Vehicle OOS 32.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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