Carrier profile · USDOT 349159 · MC-323091 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC

18 power unitsavg 4.3 yrLocal · 2 statesSHUQUALAK, MS94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-323091 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

18Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.3Avg age (yr)

2016–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(662) 793-4586 Email dispatchjessica@shuqualak.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on 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 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1989.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 18 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

1 in 24 mo

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

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

18 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.3 yr

Model years 2016–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

37 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1989 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

10 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 18-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 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 ’22 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Gulf’05–’10

Wesco’15–’22

beyond this history

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jun 2022

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INS. COMPANY	Jun 2014 → Jun 2015	$750K	1
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2013 → Jun 2014	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → Jun 2013	$750K	1
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Jun 2011 → Jul 2012	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2010 → Jun 2011	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE GULF INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Jun 2010	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2004 → Jul 2005	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2002 → Jul 2004	$750K	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2001 → Jul 2001	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jul 2000 → Jul 2001	$750K	1
THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1998 → Jul 2000	$750K	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1997 → Jul 1998	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 18
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 4

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

27.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

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

Home base

SHUQUALAK, MS

87 COLLEGE STREET

Top corridor

MS 9 · AL 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3878274

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@shuqualak.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1451435

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 87 COLLEGE STREET, SHUQUALAK, MS, 39361
Mailing address: P O BOX 125, SHUQUALAK, MS, 39361-0125
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (662) 793-4586
Fax: (662) 793-4912
Email: jessica@shuqualak.com
Web domain: shuqualak.com

Registration

Officers: Robert J Hunter Jr · Charles H Thomas Iii
USDOT / docket: 349159 · MC-323091
First registered: Mar 31, 1989
Last MCS-150: Jun 3, 2026 · 842,358 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 7, 2001
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

842,358

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 SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC.

SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC (USDOT 349159) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jun 30, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 18, 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 refreshed Jun 18, 2026.

The carrier received 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 18, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 18, 2026.

It reports 18 power units and 18 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 7, 2001 in the federal record refreshed Jun 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 349159, and its motor carrier number is MC-323091.

Is SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 18, 2026, SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC's safety record?

SOUTHERN TRUCKING INC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 18 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).