Carrier profile · USDOT 779515 · MC-348759 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Southwind Transportation Inc

13 power unitsavg 14.1 yrMulti-region · 11 statesMULBERRY, FL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-348759 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.1Avg age (yr)

1997–2019 · vPIC

Call dispatch(863) 425-0555 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

Driver out-of-service rate above average10.5% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 crashes involving injuries are on 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 28 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.2%

▼ 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

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.1 yr

Model years 1997–2019 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — 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

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22 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Mar 23, 2026.

Safety

19 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 18.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 2.0 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 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: None
Contract: Active
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 ’24 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Empire Fire’98–’07

Northland’10–’13

National’20–’23

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. · since Nov 2024

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2023 → Nov 2024	$750K	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Nov 2023	$750K	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Nov 2020	$750K	1
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2019 → Nov 2019	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2017 → May 2019	$750K	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2017	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	May 2013 → May 2015	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → May 2013	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	May 2007 → Sep 2007	$750K	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1998 → May 2007	$750K	8

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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): 13
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.1 yr

Average age

2019

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

78.9%

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

FL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Florida: 4 inspections
Georgia: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 3 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections

Home base

MULBERRY, FL

4795 STATE ROAD 60 WEST

Most inspections: FL

4 inspections

FL 4 · GA 3 · MS 3

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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 3078757Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (4 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3078757 USDOT 4228590 USDOT 4110864 USDOT 976023

Shares a company officer with other carriers

samantha causey — 2 carriers: USDOT 4044659

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: 4795 STATE ROAD 60 WEST, MULBERRY, FL, 33860
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (863) 425-0555
Cell: (813) 504-7523
Fax: (863) 425-0557
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: southwindtransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Samantha Causey
USDOT / docket: 779515 · MC-348759
First registered: Nov 3, 1998
Last MCS-150: May 1, 2026 · 789,196 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 25, 2019
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

789,196

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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18%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

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

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

44violation records

4OOS-tagged records

2 of 11inspections 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.

Hours of service

2110%2 / 21

Other vehicle maintenance

825%2 / 8

Lights

60%0 / 6

Unsafe driving

60%0 / 6

Brakes

30%0 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 3

40%May 25 to Nov 252 / 5

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 2

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (13 of 44 records)

395.32B-ELDDFR ELD — non-authenticated driving6
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer5
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2

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395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8A 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-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC-OOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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

SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 779515) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active 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 $750,000 limit in force from HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. effective Nov 20, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.2% 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 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 11 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 13 power units and 13 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 1, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 25, 2019 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 779515, and its motor carrier number is MC-348759.

Is SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

SOUTHWIND TRANSPORTATION INC has a 18.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 32 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).