Carrier profile · USDOT 204050 · MC-158635 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Northland Transportation Inc

20 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 6 statesLAUREL, NE100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158635 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 522-2750 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 21 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.9 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · 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

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3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 26, 2025.

Safety

14 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 7.1 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
172.600 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$5,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’93 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Great West’93–now

1993200220112020now

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 1993

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Nov 1993 → Nov 1993	$5M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.9 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

81.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Iowa: 5 inspections
Nebraska: 4 inspections
Colorado: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections

Home base

LAUREL, NE

120 E 2ND ST

Most inspections: IA

5 inspections

IA 5 · NE 4 · CO 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 865461 USDOT 339020Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 146517 USDOT 339020 USDOT 2839640 USDOT 90053 USDOT 865461 USDOT 923 USDOT 611035 USDOT 660851

Shares a company officer with other carriers

rob morris — 2 carriers: USDOT 433464

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.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 120 E 2ND ST, LAUREL, NE, 68745
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 522-2750
Fax: (402) 256-9221
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Rob Morris
USDOT / docket: 204050 · MC-158635
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 23, 2026 · 2,040,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 21, 2010
D-U-N-S: 74340126

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,040,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

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

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

22violation records

1OOS-tagged records

1 of 5inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

80%0 / 8

Lights

50%0 / 5

Brakes

30%0 / 3

Hours of service

30%0 / 3

Other vehicle maintenance

20%0 / 2

Other / unclassified

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 Apr 250 / 1

0%May 25 to Oct 250 / 1

0%Nov 25 to Apr 260 / 2

100%May 26 to Oct 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (6 of 22 records)

392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects2
177.817A-HMSP Other violation1

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392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.25F Lighting device requirements1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.20BELDNV Hours of service / ELD1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Brakes

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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 NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC.

NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 204050) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 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 Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 23, 1993 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 14 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 14 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 23, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 21, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 204050, and its motor carrier number is MC-158635.

Is NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION INC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 21 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).