Carrier profile · USDOT 380482 · MC-227188 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Paper Transport LLC

736 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 32 statesDE PERE, WI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-227188 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

736Power units

421 observed · MCS-150

543Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 317-3650 Email dispatchsafety&driverdevelopment@papertransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record12 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 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1990.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

50 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

50 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

736 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.8 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

36 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1990 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

670 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 272 vehicle and 670 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.1% · 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 6.6 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

638 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 39

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 736-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 736
Inspections · 24 mo: 670
Annualized: ≈335 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving265 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance80 · 18 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 34 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 16 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance17 · 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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 ’24 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental Western’93–’00

Great West’05–’19

Hudson’19–’24

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Mar 2024

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2024 → Mar 2024	$750K	1
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Oct 2024	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2024 → Feb 2024	$750K	1
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Feb 2024	$750K	4
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2005 → Oct 2019	$750K	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Oct 2005	$750K	2
DENMARK STATE BANK	Oct 2004 → Jul 2005	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2002 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2001 → Oct 2002	$750K	2
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Oct 2000 → Oct 2001	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1993 → Oct 2000	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 736
Observed power (24 mo): 421
Trailers (towed): 543

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

28.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 32 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

666

WI busiest

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

Home base

DE PERE, WI

1250 MID VALLEY DRIVE

Top corridor

WI 95 · GA 80 · IL 65

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: 14 trucks also ran under 15 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3037578 USDOT 3577012 USDOT 618907 USDOT 327574 USDOT 264184 USDOT 3013981 USDOT 471932 USDOT 2911559Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 132 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3665335 USDOT 4022862 USDOT 4228645 USDOT 4305525 USDOT 4423541 USDOT 2549588 USDOT 3804669 USDOT 4489350

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

736

Observed (24 mo)

421

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 1250 MID VALLEY DRIVE, DE PERE, WI, 54115
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 317-3650
Email: safety&driverdevelopment@papertransport.com
Web domain: papertransport.com

Registration

Officers: Tyler Ellison · Keith Stelzer
USDOT / docket: 380482 · MC-227188
First registered: Feb 1, 1990
Last MCS-150: Feb 5, 2026 · 60,707,705 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 24, 2008
D-U-N-S: 616486080

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

736

Power units

825

Drivers

825

CDL drivers

60,707,705

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 PAPER TRANSPORT LLC.

PAPER TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 380482) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Mar 10, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 670 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 272 vehicle-level and 670 driver-level — across 32 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 50 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 12 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 736 power units and 825 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 24, 2008 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PAPER TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

PAPER TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 380482, and its motor carrier number is MC-227188.

Is PAPER TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, PAPER TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PAPER TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

PAPER TRANSPORT LLC has a 22.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,050 roadside inspections, with 50 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).