Carrier profile · USDOT 2020772 · MC-713409 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Arturo Cantu Jr Inc

DBA HI-VALLEY TRANSPORT

16 power unitsavg 6.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesLAREDO, TX82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-713409 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

16Power units

20 observed · MCS-150

22Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.8Avg age (yr)

2001–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 725-0084 Email dispatchsafety@hivalleytrans.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.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average11.3% vs the 6.7% 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 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-mo16.7%

▼ 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-mo16.7%

▼ 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

Asset-based

16 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.8 yr

Model years 2001–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

53 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 11.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.8 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 6

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

≈1.7 / 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: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 53
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.7 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness14 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 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 ’25 · 7 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Canal’10–’12

Accident’13–’15

United Specialty’16–’18

Trisura Specialty’20–’22

Southlake Specialty’22–now

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2022 → Jul 2025	$750K	11
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2020 → Jul 2022	$750K	6
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	3
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2016 → Aug 2018	$750K	4
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2016	$750K	9
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Aug 2013 → Mar 2015	$750K	5
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Mar 2013 → Aug 2013	$750K	1
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Mar 2013 → Mar 2013	$750K	1
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Nov 2012 → Mar 2013	$750K	1
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Mar 2012 → Jul 2012	$750K	4
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	May 2010 → Mar 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): 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

6.8 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

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

Home base

LAREDO, TX

5952 HWY 359

Top corridor

TX 27 · CA 5 · NM 3

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 3335231Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (11 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2154653 USDOT 3522523 USDOT 1252164 USDOT 3335231 USDOT 4336971 USDOT 1259891 USDOT 3753839

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: 5952 HWY 359, LAREDO, TX, 78043
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 725-0084
Fax: (956) 725-0070
Email: safety@hivalleytrans.com
Web domain: hivalleytrans.com

Registration

Officers: Arturo Cantu Iii · Roxanne Villalobos
USDOT / docket: 2020772 · MC-713409
First registered: Apr 14, 2010
Last MCS-150: Dec 8, 2025 · 1,790,758 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

1,790,758

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 ARTURO CANTU JR INC.

ARTURO CANTU JR INC (USDOT 2020772) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 Jul 27, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 53 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 42 vehicle-level and 53 driver-level — across 14 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 16 power units and 19 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 8, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ARTURO CANTU JR INC's USDOT number?

ARTURO CANTU JR INC's USDOT number is 2020772, and its motor carrier number is MC-713409.

Is ARTURO CANTU JR INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, ARTURO CANTU JR INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ARTURO CANTU JR INC's safety record?

ARTURO CANTU JR INC has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 125 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).

How big is ARTURO CANTU JR INC's fleet?

ARTURO CANTU JR INC operates 16 power units and 19 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ARTURO CANTU JR INC based?

ARTURO CANTU JR INC is based in LAREDO, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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