Carrier profile · USDOT 2894744 · MC-972623 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Hardem Transport Inc

11 power unitsavg 9.9 yrLocal · 1 statesWILDOMAR, CA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-972623 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

11Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

2011–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(951) 678-8600 Email dispatchdharrell@hardemtransport.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 · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average12.5% vs the 6.7% 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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 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

Small fleet

11 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 2011–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

8 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 10.0 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 11-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Redwood Fire’16–’17

United Financial’17–’18

Watford’18–’19

Williamsburg National’19–’21

Watford’21–’22

Db (usbranch)’22–’25

2016201920222025now

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

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Jun 2022 → Jun 2025	$750K	3
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	2
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Jun 2019 → Jun 2021	$750K	1
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Jun 2019	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jun 2018	$750K	1
REDWOOD FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2016 → Jun 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 11
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 7

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.9 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

38.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

WILDOMAR, CA

23905 CLINTON KEITH RD #114-120

Top corridor

CA 8

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 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2844698 USDOT 2864647 USDOT 3286113Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2394750 USDOT 2412716 USDOT 3024079 USDOT 3040713 USDOT 4334262 USDOT 2844698 USDOT 2864647 USDOT 662408

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@hardemtransport.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 7887676

Shares a company officer with other carriers

demetrius harrell — 2 carriers: USDOT 2375413

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 23905 CLINTON KEITH RD #114-120, WILDOMAR, CA, 92595
Mailing address: 23905 CLINTON KEITH RD #114-12, WILDOMAR, CA, 92595
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (951) 678-8600
Fax: (951) 468-5969
Email: dharrell@hardemtransport.com
Web domain: hardemtransport.com

Registration

Officer: Demetrius Harrell
USDOT / docket: 2894744 · MC-972623
First registered: May 26, 2016
Last MCS-150: Apr 11, 2026 · 793,585 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 15672515

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

793,585

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 HARDEM TRANSPORT INC.

HARDEM TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2894744) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 8 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 8 driver-level — across 1 state, 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 11 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 11, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is HARDEM TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

HARDEM TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 2894744, and its motor carrier number is MC-972623.

Is HARDEM TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

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

What is HARDEM TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

HARDEM TRANSPORT INC has a 14.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 21 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is HARDEM TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

HARDEM TRANSPORT INC operates 11 power units and 11 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is HARDEM TRANSPORT INC based?

HARDEM TRANSPORT INC is based in WILDOMAR, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

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