Carrier profile · USDOT 2198987 · MC-140786 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

United States Cargo and Courier Services LLC

DBA US CARGO

86 power unitsavg 4.2 yrRegional · 3 statesCOLUMBUS, OH84/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-140786 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

86Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.2Avg age (yr)

2016–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(614) 552-2746 Email dispatchkgriffith@us-cargo.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 32 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

86 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.2 yr

Model years 2016–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

20 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 86-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 86
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle 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: Active
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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Tig’92–’95

Federal’95–’11

State Automobile’07–’11

Protective’11–’25

1992200120102019now

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 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Dec 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2011 → Dec 2025	$1M	4
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	May 2011 → May 2011	$1M	2
STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2007 → May 2011	$1M	3
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2004 → May 2007	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	May 2004 → May 2004	$1M	1
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2003 → May 2003	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2003 → May 2004	$1M	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Apr 2002 → Apr 2002	$1M	2
FIRST SPECIALTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Apr 2000 → May 2002	$1M	4
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1995 → May 2011	$1M	2
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 1992 → May 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 86
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

19.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

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

Home base

COLUMBUS, OH

2036 E WILLIAMS ROAD

Top corridor

OH 11 · PA 6 · MI 3

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.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 273301 USDOT 4296572 USDOT 4211016 USDOT 4467999 USDOT 4477383 USDOT 4541491 USDOT 3612882

Shares a company officer with other carriers

charles hammel iii — 3 carriers: USDOT 1989471 USDOT 2245615

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: 2036 E WILLIAMS ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43207
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (614) 552-2746
Fax: (614) 358-1368
Email: kgriffith@us-cargo.com
Web domain: us-cargo.com

Registration

Officers: Charles Hammel Iii · Robert E Taylor
USDOT / docket: 2198987 · MC-140786
First registered: Oct 5, 2011
Last MCS-150: Jul 18, 2024 · 2,273,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 28, 2003
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,273,000

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 UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC.

UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC (USDOT 2198987) has a Vektor safety score of 84/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Dec 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 20 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 86 power units and 67 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 18, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 28, 2003 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC's USDOT number?

UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC's USDOT number is 2198987, and its motor carrier number is MC-140786.

Is UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC's safety record?

UNITED STATES CARGO AND COURIER SERVICES LLC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 32 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 84/100 (tier: review).