Carrier profile · USDOT 284634 · MC-181518 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Cleveland Express Trucking Company Inc

44 power unitsavg 11.7 yrRegional · 4 statesCLEVELAND, OH88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181518 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

44Power units

20 observed · MCS-150

29Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.7Avg age (yr)

2001–2022 · vPIC

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

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 55 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

44 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.7 yr

Model years 2001–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — 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

CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 9, 2026.

Safety

35 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 35 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 22.0 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 44-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 44
Inspections · 24 mo: 35
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

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

$1M BIPD last filed ’18 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’89–’00

Grange’00–’08

Acuity A’08–’15

beyond this history

1989199920092019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2019

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2015 → Jan 2018	$1M	4
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2008 → Jan 2015	$1M	4
GRANGE INSURANCE COMPANY.	Jan 2000 → Jan 2008	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1989 → Jan 2000	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 4, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 44
Observed power (24 mo): 20
Trailers (towed): 29

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.7 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

57.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 4, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 32 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Maryland: 1 inspections

Home base

CLEVELAND, OH

3091 ROCKEFELLER AVE

Most inspections: OH

32 inspections

OH 32 · WV 1 · MD 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 4, 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 (4 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2559936 USDOT 3055045 USDOT 73705 USDOT 120509

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cetruck.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 1106517 USDOT 2144195

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 4, 2026

Location

Physical address: 3091 ROCKEFELLER AVE, CLEVELAND, OH, 44115
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (216) 348-1007
Fax: (216) 348-0999
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: cetruck.com

Registration

Officers: Jeff Darkow · Tom Wagner
USDOT / docket: 284634 · MC-181518
First registered: Dec 30, 1986
Last MCS-150: Apr 29, 2026 · 1,927,979 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 22, 1997
D-U-N-S: 114908163

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,927,979

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 4, 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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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

5 of 25 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

27violation records

10OOS-tagged records

5 of 25inspections 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.

Lights

633%2 / 6

Other vehicle maintenance

667%4 / 6

Unsafe driving

60%0 / 6

Other / unclassified

450%2 / 4

Hours of service

333%1 / 3

Brakes

10%0 / 1

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 251 / 6

17%May 25 to Nov 251 / 6

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 7

50%May 26 to Nov 263 / 6

Top 3 codes (5 of 27 records)

393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
107.620B-HMAMC Other violation1

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173.30-HMCS Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMCMID Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMMCNID Other violation1
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.43D-BIPBS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1
396.7A-UOC Unsafe operation1

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Lights

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC.

CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC (USDOT 284634) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 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 and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2019 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier received 35 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 25 vehicle-level and 35 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It reports 44 power units and 43 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 22, 1997 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 284634, and its motor carrier number is MC-181518.

Is CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026. CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's safety record?

CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 55 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC's fleet?

CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC operates 44 power units and 43 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC based?

CLEVELAND EXPRESS TRUCKING COMPANY INC is based in CLEVELAND, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 4 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(216) 348-1007 Email dispatch[email protected]Carrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 284634
MC / Docket: MC-181518
Officer: JEFF DARKOW
Address: 3091 ROCKEFELLER AVE
CLEVELAND, OH, 44115

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 39 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2019

Vehicle OOS 20.0%

vs 22.26% national — at or below benchmark.

2 fatal crashes

On the FMCSA crash record.

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