Carrier profile · USDOT 265917 · MC-243143 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Couture Trucking Inc

DBA CTI

25 power unitsavg 12.2 yrRegional · 5 statesTROY, VT100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-243143 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

16Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(802) 744-6848 Email dispatchemily@couturetrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 41 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1985.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 102 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo12.9%

▼ 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-mo12.9%

▼ 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

Asset-based

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1985 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

52 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 12.9%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 — 31 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 10.7 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 52
Annualized: ≈26 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 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: None
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 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Empire Fire’01–’05

Nationwide Agribusiness’12–’22

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 16 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC · since May 2023

All 16 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2023	$750K	1
NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2012 → May 2022	$750K	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Dec 2010 → Jan 2013	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2010 → Dec 2010	$750K	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2012	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2009 → Dec 2010	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2008 → Dec 2009	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2007 → Dec 2008	$750K	2
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2006 → Dec 2007	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2005 → Dec 2006	$750K	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2001 → Dec 2005	$750K	4
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2000 → Dec 2001	$750K	1
GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1998 → Dec 2000	$750K	3
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 1998 → Dec 1998	$750K	1
ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1996 → Jun 1998	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jun 1994 → Jun 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): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 16

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

56.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

VT busiest

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

Home base

TROY, VT

4185 VERMONT ROUTE 101

Top corridor

VT 28 · NY 21 · ME 1

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3357332 USDOT 4289734

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: 4185 VERMONT ROUTE 101, TROY, VT, 05868
Mailing address: PO BOX 90, TROY, VT, 05868
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (802) 744-6848
Email: emily@couturetrucking.com
Web domain: couturetrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Jean Couture · Dwayne Couture
USDOT / docket: 265917 · MC-243143
First registered: Nov 1, 1985
Last MCS-150: Apr 17, 2026 · 1,267,787 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 19, 1991
D-U-N-S: 963181821

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

1,267,787

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 COUTURE TRUCKING INC.

COUTURE TRUCKING INC (USDOT 265917) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC effective May 19, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 12.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 52 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 31 vehicle-level and 52 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 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 Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 25 power units and 19 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 17, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 19, 1991 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COUTURE TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

COUTURE TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 265917, and its motor carrier number is MC-243143.

Is COUTURE TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, COUTURE TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is COUTURE TRUCKING INC's safety record?

COUTURE TRUCKING INC has a 12.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 102 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).