Carrier profile · USDOT 2294870 · MC-1032254 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Cardinal Messenger LLC

3 power unitsLocal · 1 statesVIRGINIA BEACH, VA50/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1032254 NO AUTHORITY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

1 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

6.0Avg age (yr)

2020–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(757) 301-6947 Email dispatchNICK@CARDINALMESSENGER.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 13, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 1

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.

In good standing · 1

Established 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

1 inspections · 24 mo

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 1 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 3-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 1
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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.

391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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 ’23 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Northern’16–’22

Agency Maryland’22–now

2012201620202024now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC · since Feb 2023

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023	$750K	7
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2016 → Feb 2022	$750K	1
TRUSTGARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2015 → Apr 2016	$750K	1
FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE	May 2014 → Apr 2015	$750K	1
MID-CENTURY INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2013 → May 2014	$750K	1
MID-CENTURY INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2012 → Oct 2012	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 1
Trailers (towed): 0

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

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

1449-C MILLER STORE ROAD

Top corridor

NC ⇄ VA

NC 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cardinalmessenger.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3270209

Shares a company officer with other carriers

nicholas bolton — 2 carriers: USDOT 4005779

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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

Location

Physical address: 1449-C MILLER STORE ROAD, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, 23455
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (757) 301-6947
Cell: (757) 589-5535
Fax: (888) 830-0155
Email: nick@cardinalmessenger.com
Web domain: cardinalmessenger.com

Registration

Officer: Nicholas Bolton
USDOT / docket: 2294870 · MC-1032254
First registered: Apr 13, 2012
Last MCS-150: May 8, 2026 · 2,000,000 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

2,000,000

Annual mileage

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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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC.

CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC (USDOT 2294870) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC effective Feb 6, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier received 1 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 0 vehicle-level and 1 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 13, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 2 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 8, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC's USDOT number?

CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC's USDOT number is 2294870, and its motor carrier number is MC-1032254.

Is CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 13, 2026, CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC's safety record?

CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC has a — vehicle out-of-service rate across 1 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score — there is not enough federal record to assess it.

How big is CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC's fleet?

CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC operates 3 power units and 2 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC based?

CARDINAL MESSENGER LLC is based in VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

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