Carrier profile · USDOT 1998793 · MC-708108 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

D & C Vargas Transport Inc

1 power unitavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHARRISON, NJ74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708108 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

22Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.8Avg age (yr)

2009–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(732) 754-5435 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average53.9% 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 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo53.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.8 yr

Model years 2009–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

30 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 53.85% on 13 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
13 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 2, 2025.

Safety

24 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 53.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 41.5 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 4

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈12.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 24
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈12.0 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

Sparta’12–’14

Guideone Specialty’16–’19

Drive New’20–’24

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2026 → Mar 2026	$750K	2
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	Feb 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	2
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2020 → Feb 2024	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2019 → Feb 2020	$750K	1
GUIDEONE SPECIALTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO	Feb 2016 → Feb 2019	$750K	3
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Feb 2015 → Feb 2016	$750K	1
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2015 → Feb 2015	$750K	1
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Feb 2014 → Feb 2015	$750K	3
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2011 → Feb 2012	$750K	1
TOWER NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Oct 2011	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Feb 2011 → May 2011	$750K	5
NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2010 → Mar 2011	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 4
Trailers (towed): 22

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.8 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2009

Oldest model yr

92.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NM busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New Mexico: 11 inspections
Missouri: 4 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Ohio: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

HARRISON, NJ

700 S 1ST STREET

Most inspections: NM

11 inspections

NM 11 · MO 4 · IL 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 5, 2026

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

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1373179 USDOT 3175329 USDOT 4170524 USDOT 3430868 USDOT 4443080 USDOT 4111902 USDOT 1536854Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (35 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1536854 USDOT 3175329 USDOT 3430868 USDOT 3774927 USDOT 4443080 USDOT 1125137 USDOT 2096205 USDOT 3535868

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 700 S 1ST STREET, HARRISON, NJ, 07029
Mailing address: 419 N WASHINGTON AVE, DUNELLEN, NJ, 08812
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (732) 754-5435
Fax: (732) 424-8705
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: Elmer D. Vargas · Elmer D. Vargas
USDOT / docket: 1998793 · MC-708108
First registered: Feb 23, 2010
Last MCS-150: Apr 25, 2026 · 770,352 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · May 13, 2017
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

770,352

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 5, 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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54%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

7 of 13 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

37violation records

9OOS-tagged records

7 of 13inspections 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.

Brakes

147%1 / 14

Other vehicle maintenance

863%5 / 8

Hours of service

50%0 / 5

Lights

540%2 / 5

Unsafe driving

40%0 / 4

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

60%May 25 to Nov 253 / 5

100%Nov 25 to May 264 / 4

n/aMay 26 to Nov 260 / 0

Top 3 codes (9 of 37 records)

393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects4
395.32B-ELDDFR ELD — non-authenticated driving3
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2

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393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
391.11B4-DEN Driver not qualified1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.201A-FRMC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRTC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-STCB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5A-HNL Oil and/or grease leak1

Before you tender

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Brakes

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC.

D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 1998793) 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 Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 11, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 53.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 24 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 24 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned May 13, 2017 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 1998793, and its motor carrier number is MC-708108.

Is D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

D & C VARGAS TRANSPORT INC has a 53.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 53 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).