Carrier profile · USDOT 2788011 · MC-929067 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Emerald Express LLC

20 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 7 statesAUBURN, WA93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-929067 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

16 observed · MCS-150

19Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

2003–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(425) 443-6451 Email dispatchdispatch@goemerald.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.7% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 2003–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

56 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 56
Annualized: ≈28 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 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 ’25 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Canal’01–’23

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Sep 2025	$750K	2
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2023 → Sep 2024	$750K	5
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2022 → Jan 2001	$750K	1
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Sep 2022	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
FREEDOM SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$750K	2
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$750K	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Sep 2016	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2001 → Sep 2023	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 16
Trailers (towed): 19

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

62.9%

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

CA busiest

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

Home base

AUBURN, WA

15200 SE 326TH ST

Top corridor

CA ⇄ WA

CA 31 · WA 17 · MT 4

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 (10 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3555106 USDOT 3608346 USDOT 30161 USDOT 2927850 USDOT 3392844 USDOT 1754891 USDOT 3295959 USDOT 1855130

Shares a company officer with other carriers

nisha sood — 3 carriers: USDOT 2441802 USDOT 3722355

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: 15200 SE 326TH ST, AUBURN, WA, 98092
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (425) 443-6451
Email: dispatch@goemerald.net
Web domain: goemerald.net

Registration

Officer: Nisha Sood
USDOT / docket: 2788011 · MC-929067
First registered: Aug 5, 2015
Last MCS-150: Jan 26, 2026 · 831,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 7.57
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

831,000

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 EMERALD EXPRESS LLC.

EMERALD EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2788011) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 29, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 56 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 56 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 26, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is EMERALD EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

EMERALD EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 2788011, and its motor carrier number is MC-929067.

Is EMERALD EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is EMERALD EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

EMERALD EXPRESS LLC has a 22.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 78 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is EMERALD EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

EMERALD EXPRESS LLC operates 20 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is EMERALD EXPRESS LLC based?

EMERALD EXPRESS LLC is based in AUBURN, WA, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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