Carrier profile · USDOT 3250448 · MC-102282 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Prime Express LLC

1 power unitavg 9 yrNational · 26 statesDETROIT, MI80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-102282 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

71 observed · MCS-150

78Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.0Avg age (yr)

2003–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(313) 925-3337 Email dispatchsafety@primeexpressmi.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average40.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes11 crashes involving injuries are on 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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2019.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9 yr

Model years 2003–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2019 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

146 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 40.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 146 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 3.0 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

140 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈73.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 146
Annualized: ≈73 / yr
Coverage: ≈73.0 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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance51 · 15 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 22 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Trisura Specialty’20–’22

Ace Property’22–’25

Emerald Bay’25–now

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · EMERALD BAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EMERALD BAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2025 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2022 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Aug 2022	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Aug 2020	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Mar 2019 → Mar 2019	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 71
Trailers (towed): 78

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

76.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 26 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

145

MI busiest

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

Home base

DETROIT, MI

530 S ROUGE ST

Top corridor

MI 25 · TN 15 · AR 13

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: 21 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3561201 USDOT 2491103 USDOT 3554148 USDOT 3607417 USDOT 3520080 USDOT 3907195 USDOT 4271403Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (68 trucks · 62 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3709147 USDOT 4068659 USDOT 4097068 USDOT 3221080 USDOT 3796752 USDOT 3825402 USDOT 2580421 USDOT 4174935

Shares a company officer with other carriers

hussein awad — 3 carriers: USDOT 3128671 USDOT 3264465

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 530 S ROUGE ST, DETROIT, MI, 48217-1345
Mailing address: 17528 REED STREET, MELVINDALE, MI, 48122
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (313) 925-3337
Email: safety@primeexpressmi.com
Web domain: primeexpressmi.com

Registration

Officer: Hussein Awad
USDOT / docket: 3250448 · MC-102282
First registered: Feb 26, 2019
Last MCS-150: Jul 8, 2026 · 6,100,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Aug 2, 2026
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

6,100,000

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 PRIME EXPRESS LLC.

PRIME EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3250448) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from EMERALD BAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 6, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 146 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 64 vehicle-level and 146 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 8, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Aug 2, 2026 in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PRIME EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

PRIME EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 3250448, and its motor carrier number is MC-102282.

Is PRIME EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, PRIME EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PRIME EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

PRIME EXPRESS LLC has a 40.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 223 roadside inspections, with 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is PRIME EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

PRIME EXPRESS LLC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PRIME EXPRESS LLC based?

PRIME EXPRESS LLC is based in DETROIT, MI, with roadside inspections recorded across 26 states.

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