Carrier profile · USDOT 2951489 · MC-6374 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Southern Freight Transportation LLC

16 power unitsavg 9.9 yrNational · 16 statesCARRIERE, MS74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-6374 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

16Power units

20 observed · MCS-150

22Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(601) 798-1214 Email dispatchlocalcomm@icloud.com

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average35.3% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average15.9% of driver inspections were placed out of service 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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo35.3%

▲ 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-mo35.3%

▲ 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

16 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

44 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 35.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 5.9 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 44
Annualized: ≈22 / 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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 6 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Progressive Gulf’18–’21

Blue Hill’21–’22

Great West’22–’24

Accredited Specialty’24–’25

Blue Hill’25–’26

2018202020222024now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION RRG INC · since Apr 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BLUE HILL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY INC	Apr 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	2
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2022 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
BLUE HILL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY INC	Jan 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	5
PROGRESSIVE GULF INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Jan 2021	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 16
Observed power (24 mo): 20
Trailers (towed): 22

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

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

76.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 16 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

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

Home base

CARRIERE, MS

327 MCNEILL STEEPHOLLOW ROAD

Top corridor

LA ⇄ MS

LA 8 · MO 8 · MS 6

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: 8 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1920361 USDOT 2567108 USDOT 295148 USDOT 494832Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (18 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1920361 USDOT 2567108 USDOT 295148 USDOT 4202279 USDOT 494832 USDOT 3777129 USDOT 681491

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: 327 MCNEILL STEEPHOLLOW ROAD, CARRIERE, MS, 39426
Mailing address: PO BOX 317, MCNEILL, MS, 39457
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (601) 798-1214
Email: localcomm@icloud.com

Registration

Officer: Jane Richard
USDOT / docket: 2951489 · MC-6374
First registered: Dec 6, 2016
Last MCS-150: Sep 30, 2025 · 718,641 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

718,641

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 SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC.

SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2951489) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION RRG INC effective Apr 28, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 35.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 44 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 44 driver-level — across 16 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 16 power units and 16 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 30, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 2951489, and its motor carrier number is MC-6374.

Is SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 35.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 68 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 16 power units and 16 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

SOUTHERN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in CARRIERE, MS, with roadside inspections recorded across 16 states.

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