Carrier profile · USDOT 1801950 · MC-655256 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

A K B TRANSPORT INC

30 power unitsavg 12.4 yrRegional · 3 statesLATHROP, CA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-655256 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

30Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

36Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.4Avg age (yr)

2001–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(209) 640-7851 Email dispatchakbtransport@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate well above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average46.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 18 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2008.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.4%

▲ 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-mo46.4%

▲ 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

Lessor pool

30 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.4 yr

Model years 2001–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

41 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 46.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 25.9 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 41
Annualized: ≈21 / 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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 12 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 · 7 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Great West’10–’16

United Specialty’19–’22

Southlake Specialty’22–now

2008201320182023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2022 → May 2026	$750K	8
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2019 → Oct 2022	$750K	10
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Jan 2019	$750K	5
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2017	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS	Oct 2010 → Oct 2010	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2010 → Nov 2016	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS	Oct 2009 → Oct 2010	$750K	6
CRUSADER INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2009 → Oct 2009	$750K	1
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2008 → Aug 2009	$750K	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 30
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 36

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.4 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

63.8%

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

CA busiest

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

Home base

LATHROP, CA

668 PIONEER AVE

Top corridor

CA 32 · OR 5 · NV 4

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: 6 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2596713 USDOT 4182792 USDOT 3853821 USDOT 86876 USDOT 3922527 USDOT 3992632Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (71 trucks · 50 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2163196 USDOT 2317664 USDOT 4414305 USDOT 2596713 USDOT 3541499 USDOT 3992632 USDOT 3619604 USDOT 3433917

Shares a company officer with other carriers

gurpreet singh — 738 carriers: USDOT 441747 USDOT 736928 USDOT 988537 USDOT 1080065 USDOT 1225122 USDOT 1277299 USDOT 1305416 USDOT 1336951

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 668 PIONEER AVE, LATHROP, CA, 95330
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (209) 640-7851
Fax: (209) 879-0202
Email: akbtransport@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Gurpreet Singh
USDOT / docket: 1801950 · MC-655256
First registered: Aug 14, 2008
Last MCS-150: Oct 14, 2025 · 952,693 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 25, 2024
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

952,693

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 A K B TRANSPORT INC.

A K B TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 1801950) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 30, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 46.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 41 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 28 vehicle-level and 41 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 30 power units and 45 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 14, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 25, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is A K B TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

A K B TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 1801950, and its motor carrier number is MC-655256.

Is A K B TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, A K B TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is A K B TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

A K B TRANSPORT INC has a 46.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 158 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).