Carrier profile · USDOT 4449246 · MC-1753048 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Platinum Transportation Inc

2 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSTERLING, VA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1753048 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

2Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.3Avg age (yr)

2014–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(571) 674-3732 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average77.8% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average36.4% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 2

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo77.8%

▲ 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

Owner-operator

2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.3 yr

Model years 2014–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityNew

1 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2025 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

5 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 77.78% on 9 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
6 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jun 5, 2026.

Safety

11 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 77.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 58.3 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

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

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.8 / 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: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.8 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 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$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’25 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Accredited Specialty’25–’25

beyond this history

20252026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 1 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 2
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.3 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

100.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 3 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections

Home base

STERLING, VA

44330 MERCURE CIR

Most inspections: TX

3 inspections

TX 3 · SC 2 · LA 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck 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 3898857Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2117298 USDOT 3769758 USDOT 3898857 USDOT 4242517 USDOT 2911190 USDOT 3813324 USDOT 281321

Shares a company officer with other carriers

navjot singh — 133 carriers: USDOT 1270260 USDOT 1744719 USDOT 1946911 USDOT 1996395 USDOT 2399604 USDOT 2505162 USDOT 2538203 USDOT 2712941

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 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 44330 MERCURE CIR, STERLING, VA, 20166
Mailing address: 14649 THERA WAY, CENTREVILLE, VA, 20120-1682
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (571) 674-3732
Fax: (571) 506-2590
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Navjot Singh
USDOT / docket: 4449246 · MC-1753048
First registered: Aug 6, 2025
Last MCS-150: Apr 25, 2026 · 0 mi
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Jun 22, 2026
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

—Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 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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78%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

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

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

62violation records

21OOS-tagged records

7 of 9inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

1822%4 / 18

Unsafe driving

1513%2 / 15

Brakes

1136%4 / 11

Lights

743%3 / 7

Hours of service

650%3 / 6

Driver fitness

4100%4 / 4

Other / unclassified

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 2

100%Nov 25 to May 262 / 2

100%May 26 to Nov 265 / 5

Top 3 codes (9 of 62 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45A-BHTIJ Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3

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396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection3
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate2
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.9AA1 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
386.83A1-OOSOFHC Other violation1
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.403A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203E Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-AJS Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8A-ELD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F01 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC.

PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 4449246) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 4, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 77.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 11 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 9 vehicle-level and 11 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 2 power units and 2 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Jun 22, 2026 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 4449246, and its motor carrier number is MC-1753048.

Is PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

PLATINUM TRANSPORTATION INC has a 77.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 11 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).