Carrier profile · USDOT 536988 · MC-174491 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Star Cartage Co Inc

100 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesTOLEDO, OH81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-174491 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

100Power units

51 observed · MCS-150

79Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

2012–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(937) 704-4080 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% 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 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

100 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 2012–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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 25.00% on 44 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
13 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jun 18, 2026.

Safety

103 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 3.4 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

101 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '26 · 9

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 100-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 100
Inspections · 24 mo: 103
Annualized: ≈52 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 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: Active
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 ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Occidental Fire’87–’96

National Interstate’04–’12

Arch’17–now

1987199720072017now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2017 → Sep 2025	$750K	9
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jul 2017	$750K	2
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → Jul 2015	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2004 → Jun 2012	$750K	1
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2002 → Jun 2004	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2001 → Jun 2002	$750K	1
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1998 → Jun 2001	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jun 1996 → Jun 1998	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jun 1987 → Jun 1996	$750K	2

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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): 100
Observed power (24 mo): 51
Trailers (towed): 79

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

57.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 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

103

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 27 inspections
Indiana: 21 inspections
Kentucky: 18 inspections
Michigan: 13 inspections
Tennessee: 8 inspections
Illinois: 5 inspections
North Carolina: 5 inspections
West Virginia: 3 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections

Home base

TOLEDO, OH

370 MATZINGER ROAD

Most inspections: OH

27 inspections

OH 27 · IN 21 · KY 18

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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: 3 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 21800 USDOT 431102 USDOT 3481206 USDOT 3543655 USDOT 2411128Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3095481 USDOT 3354533 USDOT 3486122 USDOT 3607729 USDOT 1808215 USDOT 2302632 USDOT 3676133 USDOT 2495118

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

100

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 370 MATZINGER ROAD, TOLEDO, OH, 43612
Mailing address: 55595 CURRANT RD, MISHAWAKA, IN, 46545
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (937) 704-4080
Cell: (937) 681-4773
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: starcartage.com

Registration

Officer: Kellee Collins
USDOT / docket: 536988 · MC-174491
First registered: Sep 16, 1993
Last MCS-150: Sep 25, 2026 · 5,222,616 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 4, 1995
D-U-N-S: 121520902

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

100

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,222,616

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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25%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

11 of 44 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

84violation records

17OOS-tagged records

11 of 44inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

400%0 / 40

Other vehicle maintenance

1385%11 / 13

Hours of service

110%0 / 11

Brakes

90%0 / 9

Lights

743%3 / 7

Driver fitness

475%3 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

22%Nov 24 to May 252 / 9

29%May 25 to Nov 252 / 7

36%Nov 25 to May 265 / 14

14%May 26 to Nov 262 / 14

Top 3 codes (20 of 84 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
395.24 ELD — record edits / data7
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6

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393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)5
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.21TA USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82A1 Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TALS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5-HL Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for STAR CARTAGE CO INC.

STAR CARTAGE CO INC (USDOT 536988) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 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 and contract 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% 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 103 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 103 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 100 power units and 70 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 25, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 4, 1995 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STAR CARTAGE CO INC's USDOT number?

STAR CARTAGE CO INC's USDOT number is 536988, and its motor carrier number is MC-174491.

Is STAR CARTAGE CO INC authorized to operate?

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

What is STAR CARTAGE CO INC's safety record?

STAR CARTAGE CO INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 167 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).