Carrier profile · USDOT 2369131 · MC-849942 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Elma Transport Inc

26 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 20 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-849942 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

26Power units

22 observed · MCS-150

20Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.6Avg age (yr)

2013–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(847) 378-8627 Email dispatchdispatch@elmatransport.com

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

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 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 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

26 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.6 yr

Model years 2013–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

42 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 61.9 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 42
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
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 ’25 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Ace Property’20–’21

Incline’21–’25

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC · since Oct 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2021 → Oct 2025	$750K	4
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	2
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	2
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2019	$750K	1
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Jan 2017 → Jan 2018	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Jan 2016 → Jan 2017	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2015 → Jan 2015	$750K	3
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Jan 2014 → Jan 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 26
Observed power (24 mo): 22
Trailers (towed): 20

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.6 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2013

Oldest model yr

73.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

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

Home base

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL

1474 ELMHURST ROAD

Top corridor

IL 4 · GA 3 · PA 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4432061Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (32 trucks · 37 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2572555 USDOT 3531319 USDOT 4384219 USDOT 4488053 USDOT 162408 USDOT 2092841 USDOT 2784879 USDOT 3187195

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1474 ELMHURST ROAD, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, 60007
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (847) 378-8627
Fax: (877) 908-9005
Email: dispatch@elmatransport.com
Web domain: elmatransport.com

Registration

Officers: Razvan Raducan · Geta Balan
USDOT / docket: 2369131 · MC-849942
First registered: Jan 10, 2013
Last MCS-150: Oct 10, 2025 · 4,100,000 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

4,100,000

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 ELMA TRANSPORT INC.

ELMA TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2369131) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC effective Oct 2, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 42 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 42 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 26 power units and 26 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 10, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ELMA TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

ELMA TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 2369131, and its motor carrier number is MC-849942.

Is ELMA TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, ELMA TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ELMA TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

ELMA TRANSPORT INC has a 29.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 88 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is ELMA TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

ELMA TRANSPORT INC operates 26 power units and 26 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ELMA TRANSPORT INC based?

ELMA TRANSPORT INC is based in ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 20 states.

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