Carrier profile · USDOT 2088948 · MC-728901 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Transrapid Inc

99 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 9 statesBARTLETT, IL87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-728901 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

99Power units

60 observed · MCS-150

68Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

2010–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(847) 758-9080 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes18 crashes involving injuries are on 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 16 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-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

99 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 2010–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — 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 25.00% on 40 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
21 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 5, 2026.

Safety

143 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 24.3 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

138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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 99-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 99
Inspections · 24 mo: 143
Annualized: ≈72 / 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 Driving38 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 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 ’24 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National’10–’12

Illinois National’14–’16

Westfield’16–’18

Protective’18–’24

beyond this history

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Feb 2024

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2018 → Feb 2024	$750K	2
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2016 → Feb 2018	$750K	1
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2014 → Feb 2016	$750K	2
NGM INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2012 → Feb 2013	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2010 → May 2012	$750K	1

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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): 99
Observed power (24 mo): 60
Trailers (towed): 68

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2010

Oldest model yr

88.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

140

IL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Illinois: 55 inspections
Tennessee: 24 inspections
Georgia: 18 inspections
Florida: 16 inspections
Kentucky: 11 inspections
Indiana: 9 inspections
Wisconsin: 4 inspections
Alabama: 3 inspections

Home base

BARTLETT, IL

1215 HUMBRACHT CIR

Most inspections: IL

55 inspections

IL 55 · TN 24 · GA 18

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 5, 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 (6 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1921315 USDOT 3421633 USDOT 2184122 USDOT 2596550 USDOT 3021805 USDOT 2014244 USDOT 874180

Shares a company officer with other carriers

artur katerlin — 3 carriers: USDOT 1592014 USDOT 4389347

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 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1215 HUMBRACHT CIR, BARTLETT, IL, 60103
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (847) 758-9080
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: transrapidinc.com

Registration

Officers: Artur Katerlin · Tom Lapiak
USDOT / docket: 2088948 · MC-728901
First registered: Oct 25, 2010
Last MCS-150: Sep 1, 2026 · 4,500,593 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,500,593

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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Reviews

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25%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 40 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

81violation records

16OOS-tagged records

10 of 40inspections 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

2715%4 / 27

Other vehicle maintenance

2045%9 / 20

Hours of service

150%0 / 15

Brakes

120%0 / 12

Lights

633%2 / 6

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

17%Nov 24 to May 252 / 12

27%May 25 to Nov 254 / 15

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 5

50%May 26 to Nov 264 / 8

Top 3 codes (14 of 81 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components5
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4

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392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
395.24 ELD — record edits / data3
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps2
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
391.11B4-CLHA Driver not qualified1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-DMOVE State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.5A3 Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BMBCBD Brakes inoperative1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55D2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A2-TAOTLM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TRANSRAPID INC.

TRANSRAPID INC (USDOT 2088948) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load 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 CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Feb 28, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% 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 143 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 40 vehicle-level and 143 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 99 power units and 99 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 1, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TRANSRAPID INC's USDOT number?

TRANSRAPID INC's USDOT number is 2088948, and its motor carrier number is MC-728901.

Is TRANSRAPID INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. TRANSRAPID INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TRANSRAPID INC's safety record?

TRANSRAPID INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 272 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).