Carrier profile · USDOT 2391139 · MC-821891 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Nova Carriers Inc

47 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 40 statesJOLIET, IL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-821891 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

47Power units

82 observed · MCS-150

69Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.9Avg age (yr)

2000–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 919-0241 Email dispatchsafety@novacarrierscorp.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Clear to load

Clear under the current scoring — review the flagged signal below before loading.

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 394 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

47 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.9 yr

Model years 2000–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

246 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 19.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 246 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.0% · 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 10.6 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

235 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 17

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 47
Inspections · 24 mo: 246
Annualized: ≈123 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.6 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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 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: Active
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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Spirit Commercial’15–’17

Sentry Select’18–’20

Sentry Select’21–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Jan 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jan 2017 → Jan 2018	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Jan 2015 → Jan 2017	$750K	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2014 → Aug 2014	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2014 → Mar 2014	$750K	6
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2013 → Dec 2013	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Apr 2013 → Oct 2013	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 47
Observed power (24 mo): 82
Trailers (towed): 69

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.9 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

93.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 40 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

245

NM busiest

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

Home base

JOLIET, IL

1530 N BROADWAY ST

Top corridor

NM ⇄ IL

NM 28 · SD 21 · WA 16

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: 5 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1266329 USDOT 2096573 USDOT 2261666Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (54 trucks · 29 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2258822 USDOT 3909731 USDOT 4274041 USDOT 2261666 USDOT 2512380 USDOT 3502640 USDOT 3722989 USDOT 1691395

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1530 N BROADWAY ST, JOLIET, IL, 60435
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 919-0241
Email: safety@novacarrierscorp.com
Web domain: novacarrierscorp.com

Registration

Officer: Laurynas Levas
USDOT / docket: 2391139 · MC-821891
First registered: Mar 27, 2013
Last MCS-150: Feb 17, 2026 · 4,290,449 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 3.33
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,290,449

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 NOVA CARRIERS INC.

NOVA CARRIERS INC (USDOT 2391139) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract 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 NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Jan 11, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 19.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 246 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 100 vehicle-level and 246 driver-level — across 40 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 47 power units and 47 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 17, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is NOVA CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

NOVA CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 2391139, and its motor carrier number is MC-821891.

Is NOVA CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is NOVA CARRIERS INC's safety record?

NOVA CARRIERS INC has a 19.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 394 roadside inspections, with 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).