Carrier profile · USDOT 920564 · MC-297351 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

R & R Express Inc

51 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 34 statesPITTSBURGH, PA63/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-297351 INACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

51Power units

88 observed · MCS-150

76Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.4Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

51 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.4 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

134 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 81 vehicle and 134 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 17.7 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 17

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 51-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 51
Inspections · 24 mo: 134
Annualized: ≈67 / 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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: Inactive
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

State Pennsylvania’01–’05

Ohio Security’07–’12

American Hallmark’12–’21

Obsidian’23–’26

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Feb 2026	$1M	3
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Jul 2021 → Jul 2023	$1M	2
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Apr 2012 → Jul 2021	$1M	2
ITS FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	Feb 2012 → Oct 2013	$1M	1
OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2007 → Apr 2012	$1M	4
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2006 → Apr 2007	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2005 → Apr 2006	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2001 → Sep 2005	$1M	4
DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2001 → Oct 2001	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Sep 2000 → Sep 2001	$1M	2
GENERAL SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 1997 → Apr 1999	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 51
Observed power (24 mo): 88
Trailers (towed): 76

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

56.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 34 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

133

NM busiest

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

Home base

PITTSBURGH, PA

100 COMMERCE DR

Top corridor

NM ⇄ PA

NM 14 · CA 14 · TX 13

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: 5 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 837555 USDOT 2953269 USDOT 1719074 USDOT 98019 USDOT 311077Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 89 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2266753 USDOT 2407159 USDOT 3188755 USDOT 3597860 USDOT 2420025 USDOT 3821125 USDOT 3829553 USDOT 3979206

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@shiprrexp.com — 20 carriers: USDOT 23868 USDOT 311077 USDOT 1308509 USDOT 1907589 USDOT 2059409 USDOT 2399893 USDOT 2499311 USDOT 2516406

Shares a company officer with other carriers

richard francis — 25 carriers: USDOT 292251 USDOT 447280 USDOT 1270042 USDOT 1308509 USDOT 1530370 USDOT 1648425 USDOT 1774374 USDOT 1796529

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 100 COMMERCE DR, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15275
Mailing address: 100 COMMERCE DRIVE, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15275-1019
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (800) 223-8973
Fax: (877) 479-9421
Email: safetymanagement@shiprrexp.com
Web domain: shiprrexp.com

Registration

Officers: Richard Francis · Raymond Francis
USDOT / docket: 920564 · MC-297351
First registered: Dec 7, 2000
Last MCS-150: Dec 24, 2025 · 6,376,211 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 110611063

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

6,376,211

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 R & R EXPRESS INC.

R & R EXPRESS INC (USDOT 920564) has a Vektor safety score of 63/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 134 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 81 vehicle-level and 134 driver-level — across 34 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 51 power units and 31 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 24, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is R & R EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

R & R EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 920564, and its motor carrier number is MC-297351.

Is R & R EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is R & R EXPRESS INC's safety record?

R & R EXPRESS INC has a 27.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 299 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 63/100 (tier: high_risk).

How big is R & R EXPRESS INC's fleet?

R & R EXPRESS INC operates 51 power units and 31 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is R & R EXPRESS INC based?

R & R EXPRESS INC is based in PITTSBURGH, PA, with roadside inspections recorded across 34 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(800) 223-8973 Email dispatchsafetymanagement@shiprrexp.comCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 920564
MC / Docket: MC-297351
Officer: RICHARD FRANCIS
Address: 100 COMMERCE DR
PITTSBURGH, PA, 15275

At a glance

No active for-hire authority

Private, exempt, or inactive — confirm before tendering.

Current BIPD status unknown

Active-filing snapshot unavailable — request a certificate of insurance before tendering.

Vehicle OOS 27.2%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

3 fatal crashes

On the FMCSA crash record.

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