Carrier profile · USDOT 546354 · MC-270827 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cal-ark International Inc

339 power unitsavg 9.3 yrNational · 26 statesMABLEVALE, AR81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-270827 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

339Power units

266 observed · MCS-150

308Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.3Avg age (yr)

2002–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(501) 455-3399 Email dispatchbjiles@calark.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average24.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record15 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 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

40 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

40 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

339 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.3 yr

Model years 2002–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

524 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 24.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 323 vehicle and 524 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 18.9 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

501 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 39

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 339-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 339
Inspections · 24 mo: 524
Annualized: ≈262 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving196 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 21 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance65 · 55 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance48 · 10 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance41 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 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)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

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Stonington’94–’97

State Pennsylvania’01–’05

Lincoln General’05–’08

Great West’10–’15

Protective’15–’21

Everest Premier’21–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Jun 2024

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVEREST PREMIER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2021 → Jun 2024	$1M	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2015 → Jun 2021	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jun 2010 → Jun 2015	$1M	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2008 → Jun 2010	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Jun 2008	$1M	3
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jun 2001 → Jun 2005	$1M	4
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1998 → Jun 1998	$1M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1997 → Jun 1998	$1M	1
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1994 → Jun 1997	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 339
Observed power (24 mo): 266
Trailers (towed): 308

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

28.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 26 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

522

TX busiest

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

Home base

MABLEVALE, AR

12103 INTERSTATE 30

Top corridor

TX ⇄ AR

TX 110 · TN 67 · AR 37

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: 19 trucks also ran under 10 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 740036 USDOT 3851440 USDOT 3419608 USDOT 685030 USDOT 3974754 USDOT 511412 USDOT 3318705 USDOT 1175018Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1165156 USDOT 4252642 USDOT 4444623 USDOT 740036 USDOT 3419608 USDOT 685030 USDOT 2591803 USDOT 460661

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@calark.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1798042

Shares a company officer with other carriers

becky jiles — 2 carriers: USDOT 2038578

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

339

Observed (24 mo)

266

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 12103 INTERSTATE 30, MABLEVALE, AR, 72103-0990
Mailing address: PO BOX 990, MABELVALE, AR, 72103-0990
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (501) 455-3399
Email: bjiles@calark.com
Web domain: calark.com

Registration

Officers: Becky Jiles · Tom Bartholomew
USDOT / docket: 546354 · MC-270827
First registered: Dec 23, 1993
Last MCS-150: May 1, 2026 · 35,479,137 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 15, 2003
D-U-N-S: 946891983

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

339

Power units

363

Drivers

257

CDL drivers

35,479,137

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 CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC.

CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC (USDOT 546354) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 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 UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Jun 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 24.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 524 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 323 vehicle-level and 524 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 40 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 15 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 339 power units and 363 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 15, 2003 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC's USDOT number?

CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC's USDOT number is 546354, and its motor carrier number is MC-270827.

Is CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC's safety record?

CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC has a 24.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 801 roadside inspections, with 40 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC's fleet?

CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC operates 339 power units and 363 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC based?

CAL-ARK INTERNATIONAL INC is based in MABLEVALE, AR, with roadside inspections recorded across 26 states.

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