Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
9 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC safe to load? EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2990742, MC-18871) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in AURORA, IL, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 9 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 1 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months. FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2990742, and its motor carrier number is MC-18871.
As of 2026-06-13, EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC 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: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.
EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
EMPIRE TRUCK EXPRESS INC is based in AURORA, IL.
We could not retrieve a reliable peer set for this profile right now.
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
Insurance & bonds
Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750k federal floor
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.
BIPD in force — $750,000 · ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY · since May 2025
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | Jun 2024 → May 2025 | $750k | 1 |
| EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY | Nov 2023 → Jun 2024 | $750k | 2 |
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | Aug 2022 → Nov 2023 | $750k | 1 |
| OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C. | Aug 2021 → Aug 2022 | $750k | 1 |
| CANAL INSURANCE CO. | Aug 2020 → Aug 2021 | $750k | 1 |
| COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP | Aug 2018 → Aug 2020 | $750k | 4 |
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | Jun 2018 → Jul 2018 | $750k | 1 |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN | Aug 2017 → Jun 2018 | $750k | 1 |
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
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Contact
Registration
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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