Carrier profile · USDOT 540855 · MC-217127 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Total Package Express Inc

116 power unitsavg 12.2 yrNational · 30 statesCINCINNATI, OH74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-217127 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

116Power units

59 observed · MCS-150

65Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(513) 741-5500 Email dispatchnick@tpexp.com

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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 average37.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record9 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-mo37.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

116 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

112 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 37.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 14.3 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 11

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 116-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 116
Inspections · 24 mo: 112
Annualized: ≈56 / 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 Driving55 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 15 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’16 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Fire Connecticut’93–’96

North River’96–’02

Carolina’02–’08

Illinois National’13–’16

Hartford Fire’16–now

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2016

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Mar 2016	$750K	6
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2013 → Mar 2016	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2008 → Jan 2008	$750K	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2002 → Jan 2008	$750K	7
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1996 → Jan 2002	$750K	1
FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Nov 1993 → Dec 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 116
Observed power (24 mo): 59
Trailers (towed): 65

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

57.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 30 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

112

OH busiest

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

Home base

CINCINNATI, OH

5871 CHEVIOT ROAD SUITE #1

Top corridor

OH 18 · KY 13 · IL 12

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: 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 333914Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (28 trucks · 24 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 113529 USDOT 120670 USDOT 504403 USDOT 2408833 USDOT 388467 USDOT 308155 USDOT 333914 USDOT 671812

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@tpexp.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 2216407 USDOT 2902675

Shares a company officer with other carriers

joseph s amareno — 3 carriers: USDOT 2216407 USDOT 2902675

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

116

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

Location

Physical address: 5871 CHEVIOT ROAD SUITE #1, CINCINNATI, OH, 45247
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (513) 741-5500
Fax: (513) 741-5507
Email: nick@tpexp.com
Web domain: tpexp.com

Registration

Officer: Joseph S Amareno
USDOT / docket: 540855 · MC-217127
First registered: Oct 28, 1993
Last MCS-150: May 8, 2026 · 6,678,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 4, 2011
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

116

Power units

116

Drivers

116

CDL drivers

6,678,000

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 TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC.

TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC (USDOT 540855) 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 and contract 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 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 1, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 37.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 112 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 112 driver-level — across 30 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 9 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 116 power units and 116 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 8, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 4, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 540855, and its motor carrier number is MC-217127.

Is TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC's safety record?

TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC has a 37.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 183 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC's fleet?

TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC operates 116 power units and 116 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC based?

TOTAL PACKAGE EXPRESS INC is based in CINCINNATI, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 30 states.

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