Carrier profile · USDOT 3564601 · MC-1198495 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Nuka Express Inc

102 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 42 statesDAYTON, OH74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1198495 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

102Power units

155 observed · MCS-150

239Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.4Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(844) 444-6852 Email dispatchnick@nuka-express.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 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 average36.8% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

102 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.4 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

317 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 36.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 317 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.1% · 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 9.2 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

314 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 29

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 102-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 102
Inspections · 24 mo: 317
Annualized: ≈159 / 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 Driving142 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 32 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 8 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 10 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 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$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

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United Financial’21–’22

Houston Specialty’22–’23

State Nationalspecialty’23–’24

Sentry Select’24–’26

202120232025now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2026 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Feb 2023 → Feb 2024	$750K	7
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Mar 2023	$750K	3
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Feb 2022	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 102
Observed power (24 mo): 155
Trailers (towed): 239

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

78.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 42 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

317

CA busiest

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

Home base

DAYTON, OH

2710G LINDEN AVE

Top corridor

CA ⇄ OH

CA 33 · TN 23 · GA 19

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: 97 trucks also ran under 21 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3048083 USDOT 3443496 USDOT 2326571 USDOT 2365562 USDOT 3918950 USDOT 4022220 USDOT 4121796 USDOT 3061492Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 76 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1730271 USDOT 3048083 USDOT 3465533 USDOT 3553005 USDOT 3611966 USDOT 3443496 USDOT 3472462 USDOT 4100463

Shares a company officer with other carriers

nurkhon ishmukhamedov — 3 carriers: USDOT 3764971 USDOT 4550056

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

102

Observed (24 mo)

155

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 2710G LINDEN AVE, DAYTON, OH, 45410
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (844) 444-6852
Email: nick@nuka-express.com
Web domain: nuka-express.com

Registration

Officer: Nurkhon Ishmukhamedov
USDOT / docket: 3564601 · MC-1198495
First registered: Feb 5, 2021
Last MCS-150: Feb 9, 2026 · 11,632,456 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.92
D-U-N-S: 97204066

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

102

Power units

105

Drivers

105

CDL drivers

11,632,456

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 NUKA EXPRESS INC.

NUKA EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3564601) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 19, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 317 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 152 vehicle-level and 317 driver-level — across 42 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 13 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 102 power units and 105 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 9, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is NUKA EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

NUKA EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 3564601, and its motor carrier number is MC-1198495.

Is NUKA EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is NUKA EXPRESS INC's safety record?

NUKA EXPRESS INC has a 36.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 375 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is NUKA EXPRESS INC's fleet?

NUKA EXPRESS INC operates 102 power units and 105 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NUKA EXPRESS INC based?

NUKA EXPRESS INC is based in DAYTON, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 42 states.

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