Carrier profile · USDOT 3654596 · MC-131054 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Argus Transport USA LLC

DBA RDU

37 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesPLATTSBURGH, NY93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-131054 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

37Power units

38 observed · MCS-150

56Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.4Avg age (yr)

2002–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(518) 561-9395 Email dispatchogabbay@argustransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.3% vs the 22.26% 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 5 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-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 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

37 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.4 yr

Model years 2002–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

99 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 99 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 14.9 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

96 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 37-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 37
Inspections · 24 mo: 99
Annualized: ≈50 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

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 ’23 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’93–’98

Netherlands’00–’03

Firemens Washington’03–’06

Continental Western’06–’12

Cincinnati’12–’23

1993200220112020now

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 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2023

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2012 → Aug 2023	$1M	3
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2006 → Aug 2012	$1M	1
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC	Aug 2003 → Oct 2006	$1M	2
THE NETHERLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2000 → Aug 2003	$1M	2
PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1999 → Aug 2000	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Aug 1993 → Oct 1998	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 37
Observed power (24 mo): 38
Trailers (towed): 56

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.4 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

48.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NY busiest

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

Home base

PLATTSBURGH, NY

6 GRAHAM DRIVE

Top corridor

NY 87 · MD 3 · TX 2

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: 5 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 747766 USDOT 507733Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (70 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 507733 USDOT 747766 USDOT 38111 USDOT 2295304 USDOT 786533 USDOT 4502284 USDOT 3243692 USDOT 2820758

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@argustransport.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 507733 USDOT 747766

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: 6 GRAHAM DRIVE, PLATTSBURGH, NY, 12901
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (518) 561-9395
Email: ogabbay@argustransport.com
Web domain: argustransport.com

Registration

Officer: Lewis Fogel
USDOT / docket: 3654596 · MC-131054
First registered: Jun 10, 2021
Last MCS-150: Jul 4, 2025 · 1,517,269 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

1,517,269

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 ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC.

ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC (USDOT 3654596) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 25, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 99 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 75 vehicle-level and 99 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 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 Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 37 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 4, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC's USDOT number?

ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC's USDOT number is 3654596, and its motor carrier number is MC-131054.

Is ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC's safety record?

ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC has a 25.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 174 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC's fleet?

ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC operates 37 power units and 23 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC based?

ARGUS TRANSPORT USA LLC is based in PLATTSBURGH, NY, with roadside inspections recorded across 8 states.

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