Carrier profile · USDOT 674147 · MC-434921 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Ironbound Express Inc

88 power unitsavg 10.7 yrRegional · 7 statesNEWARK, NJ74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-434921 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

88Power units

38 observed · MCS-150

55Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(973) 491-5151 Email dispatchsm@ironboundexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

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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 average48.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 1997.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo48.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo48.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

88 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

72 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 48.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.6% · 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 7.4 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 88-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 88
Inspections · 24 mo: 72
Annualized: ≈36 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving64 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 13 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 18 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 14 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 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$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’25 · 12 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Travelers America’07–’12

State Pennsylvania’16–’19

2002200820142020now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$1M	5
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Dec 2024	$1M	4
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2022 → Oct 2023	$1M	1
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2021 → Oct 2022	$1M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Oct 2019 → Oct 2021	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2016 → Oct 2019	$1M	3
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2015 → Oct 2016	$1M	1
KNIGHTBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2013 → Oct 2015	$1M	2
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2012 → Nov 2013	$1M	2
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA	Oct 2007 → Oct 2012	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2005 → Nov 2007	$1M	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Oct 2004 → Oct 2005	$1M	6
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2003 → Oct 2004	$1M	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2002 → Oct 2003	$1M	1
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2002 → Oct 2002	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 88
Observed power (24 mo): 38
Trailers (towed): 55

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

30.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CT busiest

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

Home base

NEWARK, NJ

65 JABEZ STREET

Top corridor

CT ⇄ NJ

CT 21 · NJ 19 · PA 15

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 300071 USDOT 53773 USDOT 1009435 USDOT 3612204Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (27 trucks · 27 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 215194 USDOT 540864 USDOT 548880 USDOT 1072265 USDOT 300071 USDOT 53773 USDOT 4000113 USDOT 1840567

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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: 65 JABEZ STREET, NEWARK, NJ, 07105
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (973) 491-5151
Cell: (201) 240-5481
Fax: (973) 491-5353
Email: sm@ironboundexpress.com
Web domain: ironboundexpress.com

Registration

Officer: Sean Mchugh
USDOT / docket: 674147 · MC-434921
First registered: Jan 28, 1997
Last MCS-150: Jul 28, 2026 · 2,553,939 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 19, 2011
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,553,939

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 IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC.

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC (USDOT 674147) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 17, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 48.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 72 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 56 vehicle-level and 72 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 88 power units and 79 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 28, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 19, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 674147, and its motor carrier number is MC-434921.

Is IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC's safety record?

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC has a 48.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 107 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC's fleet?

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC operates 88 power units and 79 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC based?

IRONBOUND EXPRESS INC is based in NEWARK, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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