Carrier profile · USDOT 4142374 · MC-1588519 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Connecting Cargo USA LLC

2 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesKATY, TX74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1588519 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

2Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

10Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.9Avg age (yr)

2011–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(305) 967-9846 Email dispatchconnectingcargousa@gmail.com

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average72.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average71.4% of driver inspections were placed out of service 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.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo72.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo72.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.9 yr

Model years 2011–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

2 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2023 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

14 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 72.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 71.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

71.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 3

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

≈3.5 / 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: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.5 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 Driving20 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 9 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 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 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Everspan’23–’24

Geico County’24–’25

Universal Risk’25–now

2023202420252026now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since May 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC	Jul 2025 → May 2026	$750K	2
GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2024 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2024 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Mar 2024 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Mar 2024	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 2
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 10

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

65.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AL busiest

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

Home base

KATY, TX

24914 MASON TRAIL DR

Top corridor

AL ⇄ TX

AL 3 · TX 2 · OH 1

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: 7 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4319319 USDOT 4391276 USDOT 4075329 USDOT 4338631 USDOT 3994657 USDOT 4515436 USDOT 2867575 USDOT 4200178Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 19 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2586816 USDOT 4082659 USDOT 4200178 USDOT 4319319 USDOT 4391276 USDOT 4075329 USDOT 4156675 USDOT 4338631

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: 24914 MASON TRAIL DR, KATY, TX, 77493
Mailing address: 2918 W GRAND PWY N STE 150, KATY, TX, 77449
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (305) 967-9846
Email: connectingcargousa@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Forthus Parra Zabala
USDOT / docket: 4142374 · MC-1588519
First registered: Oct 10, 2023
Last MCS-150: Mar 27, 2026 · 95,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 118952099

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

95,000

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 CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC.

CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC (USDOT 4142374) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 16, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective May 6, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 72.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier received 14 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 14 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 16, 2026.

It reports 2 power units and 2 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 27, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC's USDOT number?

CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC's USDOT number is 4142374, and its motor carrier number is MC-1588519.

Is CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 16, 2026, CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC's safety record?

CONNECTING CARGO USA LLC has a 72.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 15 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).