Carrier profile · USDOT 3621054 · MC-1236891 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Ernie Trans Corp

20 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 17 statesCLARK, NJ87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1236891 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(908) 565-4845 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.9% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1.5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 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

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

3 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 33.33% on 27 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
20 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 12, 2026.

Safety

38 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 12.0 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 38
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,500,000 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

$1.5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1.5M 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 ’23 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Drive New’21–’22

Clear Blue’22–’23

beyond this history

202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,500,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 2024

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	3
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2021 → Nov 2022	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 24

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

69.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NJ busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New Jersey: 9 inspections
North Carolina: 4 inspections
Pennsylvania: 4 inspections
Maryland: 3 inspections
Ohio: 3 inspections
Texas: 2 inspections
Connecticut: 2 inspections
Tennessee: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Massachusetts: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections

Home base

CLARK, NJ

29 BROADWAY UNIT B

Most inspections: NJ

9 inspections

NJ 9 · NC 4 · PA 4

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 484360Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (21 trucks · 20 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 293185 USDOT 484360 USDOT 3684736 USDOT 2372592 USDOT 3142354 USDOT 2936997 USDOT 2146374 USDOT 3968645

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 29 BROADWAY UNIT B, CLARK, NJ, 07066
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (908) 565-4845
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Ernest Trent 2nd
USDOT / docket: 3621054 · MC-1236891
First registered: Apr 26, 2021
Last MCS-150: Oct 5, 2026 · 756,251 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

756,251

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 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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33%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

9 of 27 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

79violation records

13OOS-tagged records

9 of 27inspections 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.

Brakes

210%0 / 21

Hours of service

195%1 / 19

Unsafe driving

170%0 / 17

Lights

1030%3 / 10

Other vehicle maintenance

786%6 / 7

Other / unclassified

333%1 / 3

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

70%

15%

30%

25%Nov 24 to May 251 / 4

67%May 25 to Nov 254 / 6

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 7

40%May 26 to Nov 264 / 10

Top 3 codes (13 of 79 records)

393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects6
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects4
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3

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392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
172.602B Other violation1
177.823A Other violation1
177.823A-HMPMCNP50% Other violation1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.70B1I-CDFWFMI-MT20 Coupling devices / fifth wheel1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9H Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F1-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Brakes

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Hours of service

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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 ERNIE TRANS CORP.

ERNIE TRANS CORP (USDOT 3621054) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 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 for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,500,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 21, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 38 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 27 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 5, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ERNIE TRANS CORP's USDOT number?

ERNIE TRANS CORP's USDOT number is 3621054, and its motor carrier number is MC-1236891.

Is ERNIE TRANS CORP authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. ERNIE TRANS CORP is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ERNIE TRANS CORP's safety record?

ERNIE TRANS CORP has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 46 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).