Carrier profile · USDOT 823903 · MC-366047 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Johns Transporting Inc

DBA JOHNS TRANSPORTING

6 power unitsavg 12.5 yrRegional · 6 statesCALLAHAN, FL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-366047 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.5Avg age (yr)

2005–2019 · vPIC

Call dispatch(904) 302-3636 Email dispatchdtcc27@aol.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.5% 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 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1999.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.5 yr

Model years 2005–2019 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

27 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1999 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

20 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 38.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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

≈1.7 / 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: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.7 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.

395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 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 Compliance2 · 1 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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Northland’01–’04

Northland’11–’14

Progressive Express’20–’23

1999200620132020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2025 → May 2026	$750K	1
CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G	May 2025 → May 2025	$750K	1
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2025	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2020 → May 2023	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2019 → May 2020	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Jun 2019	$750K	2
THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Jan 2017	$750K	2
THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Sep 2014 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Sep 2014	$750K	3
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Sep 2010 → Sep 2011	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2009 → Sep 2010	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2001 → Jul 2004	$750K	2
GENERAL SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1999 → Jul 2000	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 7

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.5 yr

Average age

2019

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

FL busiest

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

Home base

CALLAHAN, FL

54454 HURST RD

Top corridor

FL 8 · TN 4 · AL 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 2955861 USDOT 733138

Shares a company officer with other carriers

david johns — 9 carriers: USDOT 822966 USDOT 1122286 USDOT 1673464 USDOT 2350298 USDOT 2545948 USDOT 2781735 USDOT 4148335 USDOT 4190852

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: 54454 HURST RD, CALLAHAN, FL, 32011
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (904) 302-3636
Fax: (904) 628-0115
Email: dtcc27@aol.com

Registration

Officers: Chris Johns · David Johns
USDOT / docket: 823903 · MC-366047
First registered: Aug 18, 1999
Last MCS-150: Apr 20, 2026 · 196,807 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 604237854

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

196,807

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 JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC.

JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC (USDOT 823903) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 20 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 20, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC's USDOT number?

JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC's USDOT number is 823903, and its motor carrier number is MC-366047.

Is JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC's safety record?

JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC has a 38.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 32 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC's fleet?

JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC operates 6 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC based?

JOHNS TRANSPORTING INC is based in CALLAHAN, FL, with roadside inspections recorded across 6 states.

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