Carrier profile · USDOT 2012503 · MC-709145 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Shaffer Transport LLC

13 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 7 statesRICHMOND, IN80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-709145 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

13Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(951) 897-4899 Email dispatchshaffertransport@hotmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 24, 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 average83.3% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average11.1% vs the 6.7% 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 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo83.3%

▲ 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-mo83.3%

▲ 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

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.9 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

18 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 83.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 65.4 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

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

≈0.7 / 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: 18
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.120 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 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 ’22 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National’10–’12

Auto Owners’13–’15

Scottsdale’16–’18

Hudson’19–’22

beyond this history

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2022

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2022	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 2016 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2015 → Feb 2016	$750K	1
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2015	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2012 → Apr 2012	$750K	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Apr 2010 → Apr 2012	$750K	4

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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): 10
Trailers (towed): 13

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.9 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

47.8%

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

IN busiest

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

Home base

RICHMOND, IN

460 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY

Top corridor

IN 6 · OH 6 · MI 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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2252756Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (8 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2857515 USDOT 3853111 USDOT 2252756 USDOT 3664118 USDOT 673956 USDOT 171438

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: 460 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, RICHMOND, IN, 47374
Mailing address: 1417 HUNTERS POINTE DR, RICHMOND, IN, 47374
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (951) 897-4899
Email: shaffertransport@hotmail.com

Registration

Officers: Mark L Shaffer · Cindi Shaffer
USDOT / docket: 2012503 · MC-709145
First registered: Mar 26, 2010
Last MCS-150: Apr 6, 2026 · 806,520 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

806,520

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 SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC.

SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2012503) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 24, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 1, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 24, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 83.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier received 18 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 18 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 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 Jul 24, 2026.

It reports 13 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2012503, and its motor carrier number is MC-709145.

Is SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 24, 2026, SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC has a 83.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 27 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC operates 13 power units and 11 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC based?

SHAFFER TRANSPORT LLC is based in RICHMOND, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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