Carrier profile · USDOT 3036941 · MC-42558 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Cbus Freight Inc

12 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCOLUMBUS, OH87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-42558 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

2007–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(614) 591-3000 Email dispatchdispatch@cbusfreight.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 · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average31.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes3 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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.8%

▲ 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-mo31.8%

▲ 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

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 2007–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

49 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 31.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 15.0 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4

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: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 49
Annualized: ≈25 / 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 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 / 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 ’26 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Preferred’17–’19

Knight Specialty’19–’20

State Nationalspecialty’20–’21

Berkley’21–’22

Wesco’22–’23

Incline’24–’25

Ms Transverse’25–now

201720202023now

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 Aug 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	2
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	5
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Sep 2022	$750K	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Aug 2020 → Aug 2021	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2020	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2017 → Aug 2019	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 23

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

76.1%

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

COLUMBUS, OH

2021 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE ROAD STE 120

Top corridor

TN ⇄ OH

TN 10 · KY 8 · NY 7

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 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2997481 USDOT 134697Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (20 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3702805 USDOT 4081976 USDOT 2557689 USDOT 3472971 USDOT 63585 USDOT 4187851 USDOT 3690668 USDOT 3701508

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: 2021 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE ROAD STE 120, COLUMBUS, OH, 43229
Mailing address: 2021 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD 120, COLUMBUS, OH, 43229
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (614) 591-3000
Email: dispatch@cbusfreight.com
Web domain: cbusfreight.com

Registration

Officer: Ahmed J Hassan
USDOT / docket: 3036941 · MC-42558
First registered: Aug 10, 2017
Last MCS-150: Dec 15, 2025 · 2,879,494 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 2, 2025
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,879,494

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 CBUS FREIGHT INC.

CBUS FREIGHT INC (USDOT 3036941) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 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 an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 26, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 31.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 49 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 49 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 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 12 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 15, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 2, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CBUS FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

CBUS FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 3036941, and its motor carrier number is MC-42558.

Is CBUS FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

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

What is CBUS FREIGHT INC's safety record?

CBUS FREIGHT INC has a 31.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 70 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is CBUS FREIGHT INC's fleet?

CBUS FREIGHT INC operates 12 power units and 12 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CBUS FREIGHT INC based?

CBUS FREIGHT INC is based in COLUMBUS, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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