Carrier profile · USDOT 2114590 · FF-56713 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC

20 power unitsavg 5.9 yrRegional · 6 statesKINGSBURG, CA57/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYFF-56713 NO AUTHORITY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

29Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.9Avg age (yr)

2008–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 634-9109 Email dispatchdispatch@cheematransports.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 12, 2026

High risk

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

Established 16 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 average32.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average13.7% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes8 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 1

Established 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.5%

▲ 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

Lessor pool

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.9 yr

Model years 2008–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

54 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 32.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 13.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 22.8 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 54
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving34 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
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 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Continental’11–’12

National Continental’17–’19

Ace Property’20–’22

Accident Fund’22–’24

2011201520192023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 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 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE AMERICAS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	4
THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2025	$750K	2
OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2024	$750K	2
ACCIDENT FUND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2024	$750K	3
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2020 → May 2022	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2019 → May 2020	$750K	5
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2017 → Apr 2019	$750K	9
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Feb 2016 → Apr 2017	$750K	6
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2015 → Feb 2016	$750K	7
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Mar 2015	$750K	1
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Feb 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Feb 2013	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2011 → Nov 2012	$750K	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 29

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.9 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 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

KINGSBURG, CA

1483 AVENUE 396

Top corridor

CA 20 · NM 17 · AZ 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: 15 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2575442 USDOT 4472878 USDOT 4326917 USDOT 4410928 USDOT 4222523 USDOT 3773751 USDOT 4109101Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (44 trucks · 40 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3991506 USDOT 4114540 USDOT 4326917 USDOT 4364182 USDOT 4410928 USDOT 2575442 USDOT 3762585 USDOT 3814802

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1483 AVENUE 396, KINGSBURG, CA, 93631
Mailing address: PO BOX 737, KINGSBURG, CA, 93631
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 634-9109
Cell: (405) 308-2572
Fax: (844) 339-2914
Email: dispatch@cheematransports.com
Web domain: cheematransports.com

Registration

Officer: Bahadur Singh Cheema
USDOT / docket: 2114590 · FF-56713
First registered: Jan 26, 2011
Last MCS-150: Apr 17, 2025 · 3,000,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 111900095

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

3,000,000

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 CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC.

CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2114590) has a Vektor safety score of 57/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 12, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jul 12, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier received 54 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 40 vehicle-level and 51 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 12, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 17, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 2114590, and its motor carrier number is FF-56713.

Is CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 12, 2026, CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

CHEEMA TRANSPORT INC has a 32.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 119 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 57/100 (tier: high_risk).