Carrier profile · USDOT 270089 · MC-189974 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC

54 power unitsavg 9.2 yrLocal · 1 statesFAIRBANKS, AK93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189974 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

54Power units

50 observed · MCS-150

89Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(907) 490-3222 Email dispatchcarol@theblackgoldgroup.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

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

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average28.6% vs the 22.26% 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

54 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

124 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 28.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 9.4 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 15

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 54
Inspections · 24 mo: 124
Annualized: ≈62 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving96 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 17 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 · 12 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Zc Ins’97–’01

Berkshire Hathaway’06–’10

Zurich American’16–’19

Umialik’22–’25

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ALASKA NATIONAL INSURANCE CO · since Sep 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ALASKA NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Sep 2025 → Oct 2025	$1M	1
UMIALIK INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2022 → Sep 2025	$1M	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Oct 2022	$1M	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$1M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2016 → Sep 2019	$1M	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Apr 2014 → Apr 2016	$1M	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INS CO. OF HAWAII, INC.	Dec 2010 → Sep 2011	$1M	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2010 → Jan 2011	$1M	2
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Feb 2006 → Apr 2010	$1M	6
ZC INS. CO /CONVERIUM INS.(NA) INC.	Nov 1997 → Apr 2001	$1M	4
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Apr 1997 → Nov 1997	$1M	1
HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1996 → Feb 1997	$1M	1
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INS CO	Nov 1994 → Apr 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 54
Observed power (24 mo): 50
Trailers (towed): 89

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

35.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

124

AK busiest

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

Home base

FAIRBANKS, AK

308 - 34TH AVENUE

Top corridor

AK 124

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: 4 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4015161 USDOT 4408038 USDOT 1740185Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (25 trucks · 16 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2042081 USDOT 4408038 USDOT 4247704 USDOT 4384941 USDOT 1698191 USDOT 4015161 USDOT 1759678 USDOT 1740185

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@theblackgoldgroup.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 2555123 USDOT 4423493

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 308 - 34TH AVENUE, FAIRBANKS, AK, 99701
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (907) 490-3222
Fax: (888) 440-2853
Email: carol@theblackgoldgroup.com
Web domain: theblackgoldgroup.com

Registration

Officers: James Huffman · Carol Schwietert
USDOT / docket: 270089 · MC-189974
First registered: Mar 13, 1986
Last MCS-150: Mar 31, 2026 · 3,100,900 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 21, 2025
D-U-N-S: 152106258

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,100,900

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 BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC.

BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC (USDOT 270089) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ALASKA NATIONAL INSURANCE CO effective Sep 14, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 28.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 124 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 56 vehicle-level and 123 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 54 power units and 45 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 21, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 270089, and its motor carrier number is MC-189974.

Is BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC's safety record?

BLACK GOLD EXPRESS INC has a 28.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 193 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).