Carrier profile · USDOT 76114 · MC-170654 · Updated Jul 18, 2026
CHIEF FREIGHT LINES INC
26 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 6 statesPORTAGE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-170654 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Identity & Federal
The official FMCSA identity — legal name, DBA, addresses, contact, officers, and registration — alongside the daily-captured federal-record activity feed, monitored daily by Vektor.
Location
- Physical address
- 1201 MARINE VIEW ST, PORTAGE, IN, 46368
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (219) 787-8868
- linda@truckinit.com
- Web domain
- truckinit.com
Registration
- Officer
- Kermit Bryan
- USDOT / docket
- 76114 · MC-170654
- First registered
- Jun 1, 1974
- Last MCS-150
- Apr 7, 2026 · 1,002,000 mi (2025)
- FMCSA safety rating
- Satisfactory · Dec 6, 2005
- D-U-N-S
- 878529718
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
MCS-150 filing history· biennial-update cadence
Per-filing MCS-150 history (each biennial update + the fleet/mileage it reported) is being captured from the daily federal feed and will appear here as we capture the full history.
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.