Carrier profile · USDOT 2493030 · MC-863721 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Black Panther Transportation Inc

3 power unitsavg 8 yrRegional · 7 statesHOUSTON, TX93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-863721 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

16 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.0Avg age (yr)

2009–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 878-4236 Email dispatchpanthertrans@gmail.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.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average32.0% 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 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

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8 yr

Model years 2009–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

38 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 32.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 22.8 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4

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

≈6.3 / 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: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 38
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈6.3 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 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$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 · 8 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Progressive County’14–’15

North America’21–’23

2014201720202023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ALPINE TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE RRG, INC. · since Feb 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ALPINE TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE RRG, INC.	Feb 2026 → Feb 2026	$750K	2
GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2025 → Feb 2025	$750K	3
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Mar 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2023 → Mar 2024	$750K	2
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Mar 2021 → Apr 2023	$750K	3
AMERICAN SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2021	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	May 2019 → Mar 2020	$750K	1
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → May 2019	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jun 2016 → May 2017	$750K	5
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Sep 2015	$750K	4
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Apr 2014 → Jul 2015	$750K	13

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 16
Trailers (towed): 17

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2009

Oldest model yr

69.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

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

HOUSTON, TX

7710 MILLER GLEN LN

Top corridor

TX 17 · MO 10 · AR 7

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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2930566 USDOT 2283699Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (21 trucks · 25 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2335231 USDOT 3448110 USDOT 3668802 USDOT 3662374 USDOT 4217946 USDOT 4334705 USDOT 4419944 USDOT 3014047

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: 7710 MILLER GLEN LN, HOUSTON, TX, 77072
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (713) 878-4236
Email: panthertrans@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Mahmoud Elhaj
USDOT / docket: 2493030 · MC-863721
First registered: Apr 7, 2014
Last MCS-150: Sep 24, 2025 · 532,728 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

532,728

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 PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC.

BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2493030) 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 $750,000 limit in force from ALPINE TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE RRG, INC. effective Feb 11, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 38 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 25 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

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

It reports 3 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 24, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2493030, and its motor carrier number is MC-863721.

Is BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

BLACK PANTHER TRANSPORTATION INC has a 32.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 48 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).