Carrier profile · USDOT 175908 · MC-206107 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Howmet Transport Services Inc

83 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 22 statesLA PORTE, IN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-206107 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

83Power units

58 observed · MCS-150

59Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(219) 325-4154 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 161 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.3%

▼ 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

Small fleet

83 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

28 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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

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60 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 22, 2026.

Safety

112 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 9.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 18.4 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

112 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '26 · 11

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

≈0.7 / 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: 112
Annualized: ≈56 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

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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: 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’02 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Ace American’02–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2002

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2002 → Jul 2002	$750K	2
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2001 → Jul 2002	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2000 → Sep 2001	$750K	1
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1999 → Jul 2000	$750K	1
GENESIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1998 → Jul 1999	$750K	1
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Jul 1996 → Jul 1998	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA	Jan 1994 → Jul 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 29, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 83
Observed power (24 mo): 58
Trailers (towed): 59

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

61.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 22 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 29, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

111

IN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Indiana: 21 inspections
Ohio: 15 inspections
Texas: 13 inspections
Tennessee: 12 inspections
Kentucky: 9 inspections
Michigan: 6 inspections
Virginia: 5 inspections
New York: 4 inspections
Connecticut: 4 inspections
Maryland: 3 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Delaware: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 2 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
California: 2 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections

Home base

LA PORTE, IN

926 EAST LINCOLNWAY

Most inspections: IN

21 inspections

IN 21 · OH 15 · TX 13

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 28, 2026

Last 12 months: 7 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1003544 USDOT 187774 USDOT 286395 USDOT 2984398Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (43 trucks · 46 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 268015 USDOT 397085 USDOT 1206094 USDOT 3069542 USDOT 270179 USDOT 297703 USDOT 3434448 USDOT 3501895

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@howmet.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 14455 USDOT 167897 USDOT 3744834

Shares a company officer with other carriers

todd henson — 3 carriers: USDOT 327021 USDOT 3376962

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 28, 2026

Location

Physical address: 926 EAST LINCOLNWAY, LA PORTE, IN, 46350-3950
Mailing address: 926 E LINCOLNWAY, LA PORTE, IN, 46350-3950
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (219) 325-4154
Fax: (219) 325-0802
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: howmet.com

Registration

Officer: Todd Henson
USDOT / docket: 175908 · MC-206107
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Aug 31, 2026 · 9,690,560 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 26, 1987
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

122

Drivers

117

CDL drivers

9,690,560

Annual mileage

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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.

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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

5 of 54 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

125violation records

9OOS-tagged records

5 of 54inspections 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.

Hours of service

580%0 / 58

Unsafe driving

410%0 / 41

Other vehicle maintenance

1346%6 / 13

Brakes

60%0 / 6

Lights

333%1 / 3

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Other / unclassified

20%0 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

11%Oct 24 to Apr 251 / 9

0%Apr 25 to Oct 250 / 11

13%Oct 25 to Apr 262 / 16

11%Apr 26 to Oct 262 / 18

Top 3 codes (39 of 125 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data22
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer9
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8

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392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction6
395.32B-ELDDFR ELD — non-authenticated driving6
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt4
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects3
395.24D ELD — record edits / data3
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer2
177.823A-HMPMCM Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMNID Other violation1
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.11B4 Driver not qualified1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82A1 Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.201A-VLRB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60E Windshield / glazing1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3AII Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8F01 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC.

HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC (USDOT 175908) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 28, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2002 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier received 112 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 112 driver-level — across 22 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

It reports 83 power units and 122 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 31, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 28, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 26, 1987 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 175908, and its motor carrier number is MC-206107.

Is HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 28, 2026. HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's safety record?

HOWMET TRANSPORT SERVICES INC has a 9.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 161 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).