Carrier profile · USDOT 3097295 · MC-75416 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

West Cargo Inc

25 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 31 statesBLUE ISLAND, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-75416 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

43 observed · MCS-150

37Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.6Avg age (yr)

2014–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 828-5577 Email dispatchSAFETY@WESTCARGO.US

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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 average46.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.6 yr

Model years 2014–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

114 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 46.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 52 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.0% · 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 30.0 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

111 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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

≈2.3 / 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: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 114
Annualized: ≈57 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 22 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 10 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 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 ’26 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wesco’18–’19

Compass Specialty’19–’22

American Inter-fidelity’22–’25

Concert Specialty’25–’26

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Apr 2026 → Jun 2026	$750K	2
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	2
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Feb 2022 → Jul 2025	$750K	7
COMPASS SPECIALTY INSURANCE RRG, INC.	Feb 2019 → Feb 2022	$750K	3
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Feb 2019	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 43
Trailers (towed): 37

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.6 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

87.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 31 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

114

TN busiest

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

Home base

BLUE ISLAND, IL

13800 CALIFORNIA AVE

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 20 · IL 12 · KY 10

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: 7 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2107840 USDOT 4190389 USDOT 2814323 USDOT 4501224 USDOT 1550894 USDOT 706981 USDOT 3695053Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (27 trucks · 35 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 878741 USDOT 2244717 USDOT 4083501 USDOT 3494905 USDOT 3550854 USDOT 3706162 USDOT 2107840 USDOT 4190389

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: 13800 CALIFORNIA AVE, BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 828-5577
Fax: (630) 828-5574
Email: safety@westcargo.us
Web domain: westcargo.us

Registration

Officer: Valentina Brcan
USDOT / docket: 3097295 · MC-75416
First registered: Feb 14, 2018
Last MCS-150: May 19, 2026 · 3,100,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,100,000

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 WEST CARGO INC.

WEST CARGO INC (USDOT 3097295) 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 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 HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 2, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 46.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 114 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 52 vehicle-level and 114 driver-level — across 31 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 3 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 25 power units and 25 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 19, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is WEST CARGO INC's USDOT number?

WEST CARGO INC's USDOT number is 3097295, and its motor carrier number is MC-75416.

Is WEST CARGO INC authorized to operate?

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

What is WEST CARGO INC's safety record?

WEST CARGO INC has a 46.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 167 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is WEST CARGO INC's fleet?

WEST CARGO INC operates 25 power units and 25 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is WEST CARGO INC based?

WEST CARGO INC is based in BLUE ISLAND, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 31 states.

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