Carrier profile · USDOT 1472949 · MC-556174 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

KSH Express Inc

5 power unitsavg 9.6 yrRegional · 5 statesRIDGEFIELD, NJ86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-556174 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.6Avg age (yr)

2004–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(201) 403-3080

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

▲ 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-mo50.0%

▲ 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

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.6 yr

Model years 2004–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%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 — 6 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 15.8 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 Nov '25 · 3

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle 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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Ari’07–’10

Argonaut-midwest’10–’14

Ari’14–’17

State Nationalspecialty’17–’21

American Zurich’23–’25

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC · since Mar 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Mar 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Mar 2025	$750K	1
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Mar 2017 → Mar 2021	$750K	2
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2014 → Mar 2017	$750K	2
ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2010 → Mar 2014	$750K	4
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2007 → Mar 2010	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 2006 → Mar 2007	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 7

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

41.7%

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

CT busiest

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

Home base

RIDGEFIELD, NJ

705 GRAND AVE SUITE # 201

Top corridor

CT ⇄ NJ

CT 3 · NY 2 · MD 2

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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2264692 USDOT 3546749Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 733952 USDOT 3546749 USDOT 2264692 USDOT 235893

Shares a company officer with other carriers

myung jin kim — 4 carriers: USDOT 1307460 USDOT 3072719 USDOT 3516977

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: 705 GRAND AVE SUITE # 201, RIDGEFIELD, NJ, 07657
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (201) 403-3080
Email: —

Registration

Officer: Myung Jin Kim
USDOT / docket: 1472949 · MC-556174
First registered: Mar 11, 2006
Last MCS-150: Oct 26, 2024 · 74,178 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

74,178

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 KSH EXPRESS INC.

KSH EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1472949) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 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 MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC effective Mar 25, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 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 Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 26, 2024.

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

Frequently asked

What is KSH EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

KSH EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1472949, and its motor carrier number is MC-556174.

Is KSH EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is KSH EXPRESS INC's safety record?

KSH EXPRESS INC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 11 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).

How big is KSH EXPRESS INC's fleet?

KSH EXPRESS INC operates 5 power units and 5 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is KSH EXPRESS INC based?

KSH EXPRESS INC is based in RIDGEFIELD, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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