Carrier profile · USDOT 1543996 · MC-572821 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

NCS TRANSPORTATION INC

9 power unitsBERTRAND, NE50/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-572821 NO AUTHORITY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

Self-reported · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

—Avg age (yr)

Not yet decoded

Call dispatch(308) 472-5077 Email dispatchjohn@NCSEQUIPMENT.INFO

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Established 20 yearsUSDOT registration inactive

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USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 9 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 12.7 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.

In good standing · 1

Established 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

No activity in window

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

No activity in window

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

No roadside inspections on record.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
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

$750K BIPD last filed ’14 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Cincinnati’06–’16

beyond this history

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2014

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2014 → Jul 2014	$750K	1
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2006 → Sep 2016	$0	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): —
Trailers (towed): —

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

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo

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

Home base

BERTRAND, NE

73779 RD 438

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ncsequipment.info — 2 carriers: USDOT 917813

Shares a company officer with other carriers

carol benson — 6 carriers: USDOT 1463695 USDOT 1533191 USDOT 2370870 USDOT 2554141 USDOT 2572866

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 73779 RD 438, BERTRAND, NE, 68927
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (308) 472-5077
Fax: (308) 472-5211
Email: john@ncsequipment.info
Web domain: ncsequipment.info

Registration

Officer: Carol Benson
USDOT / docket: 1543996 · MC-572821
First registered: Aug 18, 2006
Last MCS-150: Nov 25, 2013 · 385,671 mi (2012)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

385,671

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

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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 NCS TRANSPORTATION INC.

NCS TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1543996) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 16, 2014 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 0 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 0 vehicle-level and 0 driver-level, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 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 Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 8 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 25, 2013.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.