Carrier profile · USDOT 1044046 · MC-436568 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC

3 power unitsavg 14.7 yrRegional · 4 statesSAN DIEGO, CA59/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-436568 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(619) 710-2520 Email dispatchSSR@castor-us.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Established 24 yearsNo active operating authority

Watch · 4

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average15.0% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 1

Established 24 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2002.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.7 yr

Model years 1997–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

24 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2002 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

20 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 18.5 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3

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

≈3.3 / 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: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.3 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.

396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 11 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Monterey’03–’12

Qualitas’18–’24

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
NEW HORIZON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jun 2025	$750K	3
NEW HORIZON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
PALOMAR SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
NEW HORIZON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	3
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Jun 2024	$750K	7
COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Jun 2018	$750K	4
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jun 2016	$750K	1
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Jun 2013 → Jun 2015	$750K	6
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Jul 2012 → Jun 2013	$750K	3
MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2003 → Jul 2012	$750K	11

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 8
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

14.7 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

47.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

SAN DIEGO, CA

6794 CALLE DE LINEA SUITE 106

Top corridor

CA 17 · NM 1 · WY 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (65 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 168705 USDOT 3401653 USDOT 1584417 USDOT 4063584 USDOT 1044026 USDOT 3932797 USDOT 74432 USDOT 2812621

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@castor-us.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2409417

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jose luis sanchez — 24 carriers: USDOT 1012788 USDOT 1221274 USDOT 1277793 USDOT 1278565 USDOT 1416877 USDOT 1606234 USDOT 1723718 USDOT 2360409

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 6794 CALLE DE LINEA SUITE 106, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92154
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (619) 710-2520
Cell: (619) 431-7420
Fax: (619) 710-2521
Email: ssr@castor-us.com
Web domain: castor-us.com

Registration

Officers: Jose Luis Sanchez · Salvador Sanchez
USDOT / docket: 1044046 · MC-436568
First registered: Jul 25, 2002
Last MCS-150: Jun 27, 2024 · 1,542,824 mi (2021)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,542,824

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 CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC.

CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 1044046) has a Vektor safety score of 59/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 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 refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 20 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 18 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 27, 2024.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 1044046, and its motor carrier number is MC-436568.

Is CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

CASTOR TRANSPORT LLC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 123 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 59/100 (tier: high_risk).