Carrier profile · USDOT 659258 · MC-302075 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Carolina Southern Inc

55 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 23 statesHIGH POINT, NC81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302075 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

55Power units

73 observed · MCS-150

90Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(336) 434-3908 Email dispatchlmcmeekin@carolinasoutherninc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 13, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

55 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.8 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

138 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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 18.6 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 15

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 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: 138
Annualized: ≈69 / 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

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 ’16 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Athena’98–’03

Pacific Financial’03–’11

National Interstate’08–’15

beyond this history

1996200420122020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2016

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Oct 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2008 → Mar 2015	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2007 → Aug 2008	$750K	3
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2005 → Aug 2007	$750K	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2003 → Aug 2005	$750K	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Jun 2003 → May 2011	$750K	1
ATHENA ASSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1998 → Aug 2003	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1997 → Feb 1998	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Aug 1997 → Dec 1997	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1996 → Dec 1997	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 55
Observed power (24 mo): 73
Trailers (towed): 90

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

58.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 23 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

138

NC busiest

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

Home base

HIGH POINT, NC

517 TOWNSEND AVE

Top corridor

NC 41 · SC 21 · TN 20

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: 13 trucks also ran under 10 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 310011 USDOT 3232384 USDOT 234 USDOT 3359947 USDOT 1053112 USDOT 3452099 USDOT 2917941 USDOT 3379193Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (37 trucks · 24 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1053112 USDOT 4309153 USDOT 310011 USDOT 3232384 USDOT 2917941 USDOT 3359947 USDOT 850629 USDOT 3547011

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ronald rogers — 12 carriers: USDOT 783070 USDOT 1229243 USDOT 1450764 USDOT 1728745 USDOT 1899403 USDOT 2237942 USDOT 2899333 USDOT 3161366

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: 517 TOWNSEND AVE, HIGH POINT, NC, 27263
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (336) 434-3908
Fax: (336) 434-6765
Email: lmcmeekin@carolinasoutherninc.com
Web domain: carolinasoutherninc.com

Registration

Officers: Ronald Rogers · Louis Mcmeekin
USDOT / docket: 659258 · MC-302075
First registered: Sep 17, 1996
Last MCS-150: Apr 20, 2026 · 8,060,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 6, 2009
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

8,060,000

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 CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC.

CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC (USDOT 659258) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier received 138 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 56 vehicle-level and 138 driver-level — across 23 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 13, 2026.

It reports 55 power units and 84 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 20, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 6, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC's USDOT number?

CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC's USDOT number is 659258, and its motor carrier number is MC-302075.

Is CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 13, 2026, CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC's safety record?

CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC has a 23.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 217 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC's fleet?

CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC operates 55 power units and 84 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC based?

CAROLINA SOUTHERN INC is based in HIGH POINT, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 23 states.

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