Carrier profile · USDOT 917652 · MC-396918 · Updated Sep 6, 2026
Cowan Transport Services LLC
77 power unitsavg 12.6 yrMulti-region · 9 statesBALTIMORE, MD87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-396918 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Last 12 months: 8 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 38111USDOT 548880USDOT 2564216USDOT 4392434USDOT 1356546USDOT 292991Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (28 trucks · 31 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 716474USDOT 1058546USDOT 776430USDOT 2195372USDOT 688143USDOT 3728895USDOT 232734USDOT 4392434
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@cowansystems.com — 6 carriers: USDOT 215194USDOT 369330USDOT 548880USDOT 1479857USDOT 1488362
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)7777
Observed (24 mo)5151
Shared w/ other carriers2929
Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Owner / group view· confidence: email domain
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 6 related authorities · joined by email domain
- Authorities
- 6
- Combined power
- 2,249
- States
- 2
- Oldest authority
- Jun 24, 1982
- Active now
- 3
- COWAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC· viewingUSDOT 91765277PU
- COWAN SYSTEMS LLCUSDOT 5488801,882PU
- COWAN INTERMODAL GROUP LLCUSDOT 215194239PU
- HERITAGE TRANSPORT LLCUSDOT 147985750PU
- CARLISLE CARRIER LLCUSDOT 3693301PU
- COWAN EQUIPMENT LEASING LLCUSDOT 14883620PU
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