Carrier profile · USDOT 15802 · MC-1521367 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc

DBA GERDAU

83 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesROANOKE, VA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1521367 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

83Power units

42 observed · MCS-150

33Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.9Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(826) 253-4643 Email dispatch[email protected]

Click to see how we scored it

Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Review before loading

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average42.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo42.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

83 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.9 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 42.11% on 38 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

62 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 42.1%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 — 38 vehicle and 62 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 15.0 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 7

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 83-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 83
Inspections · 24 mo: 62
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

Explore full safety record — inspections, BASICs, crashes

Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$2,000,000 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

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M 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

No insurance filing history on record.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2022

Explore full authority & insurance record

Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 30, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 83
Observed power (24 mo): 42
Trailers (towed): 33

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

46.7%

VINs decoded

Explore full fleet — VIN roster, equipment mix, age distribution

Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 30, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

VA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Virginia: 26 inspections
Tennessee: 18 inspections
Georgia: 6 inspections
Kentucky: 4 inspections
North Dakota: 3 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections

Home base

ROANOKE, VA

2580 BROADWAY AVE SW

Most inspections: VA

26 inspections

VA 26 · TN 18 · GA 6

See the full operating map — state density, top lanes

Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 30, 2026

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 (10 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 841806 USDOT 3247572 USDOT 4132983 USDOT 2548144 USDOT 2640396 USDOT 422227

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gerdau.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 340409 USDOT 1373423

Shares a company officer with other carriers

chia yuan wang — 2 carriers: USDOT 1373423

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.

Explore the carrier network & VIN cross-links

Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 30, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2580 BROADWAY AVE SW, ROANOKE, VA, 24014
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (826) 253-4643
Fax: (540) 981-0044
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: gerdau.com

Registration

Officers: Chia Yuan Wang · Danny Danial
USDOT / docket: 15802 · MC-1521367
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Apr 1, 2026 · 2,103,053 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 28, 1988
D-U-N-S: 32502676

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,103,053

Annual mileage

Open the full identity & federal record

Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 30, 2026

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.

Open the full federal-record activity feed

Reviews

Verified broker, shipper & driver reviews — moderated

Performance ratings only — never the Vektor risk score

No verified reviews yet

Be the first broker or shipper to rate GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC. Reviews cover performance only — on-time delivery, payment speed, communication — and never affect the Vektor risk score.

Leave a review

Open reviews

42%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

16 of 38 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

82violation records

20OOS-tagged records

16 of 38inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

3941%16 / 39

Brakes

1916%3 / 19

Unsafe driving

180%0 / 18

Lights

617%1 / 6

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

60%

15%

30%

58%Oct 24 to Apr 257 / 12

25%Apr 25 to Oct 251 / 4

20%Oct 25 to Apr 262 / 10

50%Apr 26 to Oct 266 / 12

Top 3 codes (18 of 82 records)

393.134B-CRHLC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)7
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components6
393.104F3-C Cargo securement — tiedowns5

View all

396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak5
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators3
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed3
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle2
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative2
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.13D2-CSLRR Retroreflective sheeting1
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-BHTIJ Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
396.3A1-ALATR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-STLT Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

Before you tender

Ask for current records for the assigned equipment and driver.

Other vehicle maintenance

Check dated inspection records and current authority before tendering.

Brakes

Request current brake repair and follow-up inspection records for the assigned equipment.

Unsafe driving

Check dated inspection records and current authority before tendering.

Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC.

GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC (USDOT 15802) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 42.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier received 62 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 38 vehicle-level and 62 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It reports 83 power units and 65 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 1, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 28, 1988 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC's USDOT number?

GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC's USDOT number is 15802, and its motor carrier number is MC-1521367.

Is GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026. GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC's safety record?

GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC has a 42.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 85 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).