Carrier profile · USDOT 1074225 · MC-447564 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BMS Transportation Company Inc

10 power unitsavg 15.3 yrRegional · 5 statesSAINT JOSEPH, MO88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-447564 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.3Avg age (yr)

2002–2018 · vPIC

Call dispatch(816) 279-8849 Email dispatchBBENIGHT@BMS-TRANS.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 24 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2002.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 23 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.3 yr

Model years 2002–2018 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2002 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%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 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 22.5 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 10-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 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$1,000,000 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

$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 ’26 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental Western’05–’08

Sentry Select’17–’22

Progressive’24–now

2002200820142020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2017 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2015 → Jan 2017	$750K	4
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2013 → Jan 2015	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jan 2013	$750K	4
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2009 → Jan 2011	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2008 → Jan 2009	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2005 → Jan 2008	$750K	3
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2003 → Mar 2005	$750K	2
CYPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY (CA)	Mar 2003 → Mar 2003	$750K	1
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2002 → Mar 2003	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 4
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.3 yr

Average age

2018

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

25.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MO busiest

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

Home base

SAINT JOSEPH, MO

61 EMPIRE LANE

Top corridor

MO 4 · IL 2 · IN 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.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2350522 USDOT 265663

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ken pratt — 4 carriers: USDOT 446674 USDOT 949797 USDOT 2308288

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 61 EMPIRE LANE, SAINT JOSEPH, MO, 64503
Mailing address: PO BOX 2326, PLATTE CITY, MO, 64079
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (816) 279-8849
Fax: (816) 232-6357
Email: bbenight@bms-trans.com
Web domain: bms-trans.com

Registration

Officers: Ken Pratt · Paula Pratt
USDOT / docket: 1074225 · MC-447564
First registered: Nov 21, 2002
Last MCS-150: Mar 3, 2026 · 3,012,231 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 21, 2019
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,012,231

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 BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC.

BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC (USDOT 1074225) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load 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 PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 2 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 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 13, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 21, 2019 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 1074225, and its motor carrier number is MC-447564.

Is BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's safety record?

BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 23 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's fleet?

BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC operates 10 power units and 10 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC based?

BMS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC is based in SAINT JOSEPH, MO, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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