Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 228723 · MC-180500
RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC
1 power unitsBYRON CENTER, MI
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-180500 ACTIVE
Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily
1Power units
Self-reported · MCS-150
—Trailers seen
None observed · 24 mo
—Avg age (yr)
Awaiting decode
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Limited record
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Established 43 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
Watch · 4
USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 1 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 17.3 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority4343 yr active
since 1983Insurance (BIPD)Unknown
FMCSA L&IVehicle OOS · 24mo—%
▼ 22.26% nat'lCrashes · fatal33
clean 24 moVektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots
Fleet age vs peersDecoding
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Awaiting VIN decode
Identity stabilityStable
43 yr unchanged
Same registration since 1983 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC safe to work with?
Is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC safe to load? RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC (USDOT 228723, MC-180500) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in BYRON CENTER, MI, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 43 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor rates it unrated (50/100), with the leading concern: usdot registration inactive. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
FMCSA fields + Vektor analysis · updated 2026-06-13
RTRTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC 50
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Safety
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
No roadside inspections on record.
02
Authority & insurance
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
- Common
- Inactive
- Contract
- Inactive
- Broker
- None
Insurance & bonds
BIPD / liability (required)Not on file
CargoNone
Surety bond (BMC-84)None
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
$1M BIPD · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn
+2 earlier
Travelers · 93–95
Liberty Fire · 95–99
General Security · 99–01
Hanover · 01–03
19932003
No BIPD policy is currently in force in the filing history. The authority record may still list one on file — request a COI to confirm current coverage.
03
Equipment & fleet
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
- Registered power units (MCS-150)
- 1
- Observed power (24 mo)
- —
- Trailers (towed)
- —
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
04
Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
BYRON CENTER, MI
Density
fewermore
05
Network & fraud
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@mtstrans.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 215732USDOT 238580USDOT 3062549
Shares a company officer with other carriers
richard johnston — 10 carriers: USDOT 760879USDOT 1386366USDOT 1567919USDOT 1967455USDOT 2263348USDOT 2294050USDOT 2424311USDOT 3191901
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 7300 CLYDE PARK AVE SW, BYRON CENTER, MI, 49315
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (616) 455-8850
- Fax
- (616) 455-6511
- Web domain
- mtstrans.com
Registration
- Officer
- Richard Johnston
- USDOT / docket
- 228723 · MC-180500
- First registered
- 02/11/1983
- Last MCS-150
- 04/23/2009 · 0 mi
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- D-U-N-S
- 190504381
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
—Annual mileage
07
Federal activity
Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor
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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Frequently asked
What is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC's USDOT number?
RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC's USDOT number is 228723, and its motor carrier number is MC-180500.
Is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC is inactive in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
How big is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC's fleet?
RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC based?
RTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC is based in BYRON CENTER, MI.