Carrier profile · USDOT 286319 · MC-168849 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Mid South Transport Inc

110 power unitsavg 7.2 yrNational · 26 statesMEMPHIS, TN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-168849 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

110Power units

91 observed · MCS-150

124Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.2Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(901) 332-8600 Email dispatchlindseyw@midsouthtransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average34.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

110 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.2 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

164 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 34.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 8.3 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

156 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 15

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 110-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 110
Inspections · 24 mo: 164
Annualized: ≈82 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 29 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 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: 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 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Liberty Fire’94–’99

National Interstate’12–now

1994200220102018now

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 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2018

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2012 → Oct 2018	$1M	3
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	May 2009 → Mar 2012	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2003 → Apr 2003	$1M	3
REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2001 → Apr 2003	$1M	4
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	May 1999 → May 2001	$1M	2
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1999 → May 1999	$1M	1
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	May 1999 → May 1999	$1M	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	May 1994 → May 1999	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 110
Observed power (24 mo): 91
Trailers (towed): 124

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

58.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 26 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

164

TN busiest

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

Home base

MEMPHIS, TN

2765 PROFIT DRIVE

Top corridor

TN 56 · AR 15 · GA 11

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2833194 USDOT 2469728 USDOT 2160234 USDOT 3957084Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (45 trucks · 47 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 21800 USDOT 3396268 USDOT 3705981 USDOT 3877804 USDOT 527990 USDOT 3665957 USDOT 3957084 USDOT 3519782

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

110

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: 2765 PROFIT DRIVE, MEMPHIS, TN, 38132
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (901) 332-8600
Fax: (901) 396-4184
Email: lindseyw@midsouthtransport.com
Web domain: midsouthtransport.com

Registration

Officers: Lindsey Wright · Kent Long
USDOT / docket: 286319 · MC-168849
First registered: Jan 27, 1987
Last MCS-150: Aug 15, 2025 · 9,494,763 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 23, 2008
D-U-N-S: 106298342

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

110

Power units

100

Drivers

100

CDL drivers

9,494,763

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 MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC.

MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 286319) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and 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 INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2018 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 34.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 164 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 61 vehicle-level and 164 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 110 power units and 100 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 15, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 23, 2008 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 286319, and its motor carrier number is MC-168849.

Is MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC has a 34.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 264 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC operates 110 power units and 100 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC based?

MID SOUTH TRANSPORT INC is based in MEMPHIS, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 26 states.

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