Carrier profile · USDOT 965513 · MC-411830 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Johnson Specialized Transportation Inc

13 power unitsavg 15.1 yrRegional · 7 statesBURLINGTON, NJ75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-411830 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

6Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.1Avg age (yr)

1998–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(609) 387-2495 Email dispatchjohnsonspecial@juno.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average10.0% vs the 6.7% 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 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 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

Asset-based

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.1 yr

Model years 1998–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

10 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 16.7 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle 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$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 · 9 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Axis’17–’21

Clear Spring’21–now

2010201420182022now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY · since May 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2025	$750K	4
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → May 2021	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2016 → Jun 2017	$750K	2
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Jan 2016 → Jun 2016	$750K	3
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Jan 2016	$750K	1
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Feb 2015	$750K	10
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	4
NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2012 → Feb 2013	$750K	4
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Dec 2011 → Dec 2012	$750K	4
ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	5
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2010 → Dec 2010	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 13
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 6

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.1 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

33.3%

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

NJ busiest

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

Home base

BURLINGTON, NJ

302 ELBOW LANE

Top corridor

NJ 3 · GA 2 · OH 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 1892291

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@juno.com — 1915 carriers: USDOT 511 USDOT 17359 USDOT 27471 USDOT 84066 USDOT 90934 USDOT 109196 USDOT 112612 USDOT 116382

Shares a company officer with other carriers

russell e johnson — 2 carriers: USDOT 4532991

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 302 ELBOW LANE, BURLINGTON, NJ, 08016
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (609) 387-2495
Fax: (609) 387-4049
Email: johnsonspecial@juno.com

Registration

Officer: Russell E Johnson
USDOT / docket: 965513 · MC-411830
First registered: Jul 2, 2001
Last MCS-150: Mar 7, 2025 · 322,156 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 1, 2009
D-U-N-S: 141250360

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

322,156

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 JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC.

JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 965513) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY effective May 15, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 13 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 7, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 1, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 965513, and its motor carrier number is MC-411830.

Is JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 18 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).

How big is JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC operates 13 power units and 11 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC based?

JOHNSON SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC is based in BURLINGTON, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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