Carrier profile · USDOT 645419 · MC-304224 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Tugboat Transportation LLC

7 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesBONAPARTE, IA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-304224 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

7Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

2016–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(319) 592-3199 Email dispatchtugboat@netins.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 31 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 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-mo20.0%

▼ 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

Small fleet

7 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 2016–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

19 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 25.0 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 5

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 ’23 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Lincoln General’96–’07

Northland’07–’16

1996200420122020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2023

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jul 2021 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Jul 2021	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Jan 2019	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2007 → Dec 2016	$750K	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1996 → Dec 2007	$750K	4
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	May 1996 → Dec 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 7
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 12

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

82.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

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

Home base

BONAPARTE, IA

730 FIRST STREET

Top corridor

OH ⇄ IA

OH 3 · MO 3 · IL 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3951826 USDOT 3233729

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@netins.net — 723 carriers: USDOT 4484 USDOT 53733 USDOT 60320 USDOT 73406 USDOT 96476 USDOT 96508 USDOT 133753 USDOT 171400

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: 730 FIRST STREET, BONAPARTE, IA, 52620
Mailing address: PO BOX 336, BONAPARTE, IA, 52620
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (319) 592-3199
Fax: (319) 592-3738
Email: tugboat@netins.net
Web domain: netins.net

Registration

Officer: Mark G Meek
USDOT / docket: 645419 · MC-304224
First registered: Jun 14, 1996
Last MCS-150: Sep 23, 2025 · 639,606 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

639,606

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 TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC.

TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 645419) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 20, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 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 20, 2026.

It reports 7 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 23, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 645419, and its motor carrier number is MC-304224.

Is TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 31 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).

How big is TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 7 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

TUGBOAT TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in BONAPARTE, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 12 states.

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