Carrier profile · USDOT 589549 · MC-284715 · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

Specialized Transportation Services Inc

55 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSMYRNA, TN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-284715 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

55Power units

51 observed · MCS-150

72Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

2012–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(615) 622-0922 Email dispatchcrystal.lynch@shipsts.com

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.5%

▲ 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

55 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 2012–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

1 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Safety

97 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Sep 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 22.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 2.2 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

95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 55
Inspections · 24 mo: 97
Annualized: ≈49 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$2,000,000 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

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M 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 ’21 · 13 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Rli’01–’05

Sentry Select’16–’20

beyond this history

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2021

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2020 → Oct 2021	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2020	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2014 → Nov 2016	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Nov 2012 → Oct 2014	$1M	2
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Sep 2011 → Nov 2012	$1M	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Sep 2010 → Sep 2010	$1M	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Sep 2009 → Sep 2010	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2007 → Sep 2009	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2005 → Sep 2007	$1M	2
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2001 → Sep 2005	$1M	4
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Sep 2000 → Sep 2001	$1M	1
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1999 → Sep 2000	$1M	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1997 → Jan 1999	$1M	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Mar 1996 → Jan 1997	$1M	1
THE HOME INDEMNITY CO.	Mar 1995 → Mar 1996	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Sep 10, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 55
Observed power (24 mo): 51
Trailers (towed): 72

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

61.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Sep 17, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 37 inspections
Mississippi: 20 inspections
South Carolina: 9 inspections
Georgia: 7 inspections
Indiana: 5 inspections
Alabama: 4 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
Kentucky: 3 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections

Home base

SMYRNA, TN

225 SAM GRIFFIN ROAD

Top corridor

TN 37 · MS 20 · SC 9

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Sep 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 327574 USDOT 854401 USDOT 3546323 USDOT 4338619 USDOT 3859098Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (37 trucks · 30 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 157773 USDOT 509145 USDOT 4372565 USDOT 3546323 USDOT 3859098 USDOT 327574 USDOT 854401 USDOT 3430217

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Sep 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 225 SAM GRIFFIN ROAD, SMYRNA, TN, 37167
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (615) 622-0922
Email: crystal.lynch@shipsts.com
Web domain: shipsts.com

Registration

Officer: Ramsey Hassan
USDOT / docket: 589549 · MC-284715
First registered: Feb 6, 1995
Last MCS-150: Jan 30, 2025 · 3,905,520 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 18, 2011
D-U-N-S: 834677767

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,905,520

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Sep 3, 2026

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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23%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

9 of 40 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

45violation records

8OOS-tagged records

9 of 40inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

210%0 / 21

Hours of service

140%0 / 14

Other vehicle maintenance

786%6 / 7

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Lights

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

40%

15%

30%

10%Oct 24 to Apr 251 / 10

20%Apr 25 to Oct 253 / 15

20%Oct 25 to Apr 261 / 5

40%Apr 26 to Oct 264 / 10

Top 3 codes (18 of 45 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data10
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4

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393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFY State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TFL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A3-HOSPRNC Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC (USDOT 589549) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier received 97 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 40 vehicle-level and 97 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

It reports 55 power units and 69 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 30, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 18, 2011 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 589549, and its motor carrier number is MC-284715.

Is SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026. SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's safety record?

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC has a 22.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 150 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's fleet?

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC operates 55 power units and 69 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC based?

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC is based in SMYRNA, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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