Carrier profile · USDOT 125558 · MC-6992 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

American Red Ball Transit Company Inc

1 power unitavg 14.5 yrRegional · 4 statesFORT WAYNE, IN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-6992 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.5Avg age (yr)

2000–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(703) 226-3180 Email dispatchSAFETY@INVAN.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 average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 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 peersOlder

14.5 yr

Model years 2000–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

4 inspections · 24 mo

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 25.0 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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

≈2.0 / 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: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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.

396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 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: Inactive

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

$750K BIPD last filed ’17 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Reliance National’90–’96

Legion’96–’01

Vanliner’04–now

1990199920082017now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2017

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2004 → Aug 2017	$750K	2
AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2002 → Aug 2004	$750K	4
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Aug 2001 → Aug 2002	$750K	2
LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1996 → Aug 2001	$750K	2
RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 1990 → Jun 1996	$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): 4
Trailers (towed): 4

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.5 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 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

FORT WAYNE, IN

110 EAST WAYNE STREET # 1135

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IN

CA 1 · NM 1 · NC 1

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 242009 USDOT 487595 USDOT 3098318 USDOT 32658 USDOT 479541 USDOT 2953815 USDOT 3856749 USDOT 831953

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@invan.com — 27 carriers: USDOT 32658 USDOT 81381 USDOT 118104 USDOT 125552 USDOT 207286 USDOT 243108 USDOT 261065 USDOT 273408

Shares a company officer with other carriers

arthur e. morrissette, iv — 25 carriers: USDOT 32658 USDOT 81381 USDOT 118104 USDOT 125552 USDOT 207286 USDOT 243108 USDOT 261065 USDOT 273408

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: 110 EAST WAYNE STREET # 1135, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46802
Mailing address: 5801 ROLLING ROAD, SPRINGFIELD, VA, 22152
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (703) 226-3180
Fax: (703) 912-3494
Email: safety@invan.com
Web domain: invan.com

Registration

Officers: Arthur E. Morrissette, Iv · Kenneth Morrissette. Jr
USDOT / docket: 125558 · MC-6992
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Mar 5, 2026 · 178,101 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 28, 2011
D-U-N-S: 7985450

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

178,101

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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AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC (USDOT 125558) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2017 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 4 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 2 vehicle-level and 4 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 28, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 125558, and its motor carrier number is MC-6992.

Is AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC's safety record?

AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 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).

How big is AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC's fleet?

AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC based?

AMERICAN RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY INC is based in FORT WAYNE, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 4 states.

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