Carrier profile · USDOT 1297191 · MC-503410 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC

DBA CIRCLE T TRANS INC

19 power unitsavg 12.9 yrNational · 17 statesMINEOLA, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-503410 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

20 observed · MCS-150

21Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(903) 569-0991 Email dispatchct@CIRCLETTRANSPORT.COM

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.5%

▲ 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

Small fleet

19 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.9 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

46 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 26.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 18.7 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 46
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle 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: 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 ’25 · 12 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Canal’04–’07

New York’12–’15

State Nationalspecialty’17–’19

Sentry Select’20–’25

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CANAL INSURANCE CO. · since Dec 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2025	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Nov 2017 → Nov 2019	$750K	2
HOME STATE COUNTY MUTUAL INS. CO.	Nov 2016 → Nov 2017	$750K	1
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Nov 2015 → Nov 2016	$750K	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Nov 2012 → Nov 2015	$750K	6
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Nov 2011 → Nov 2012	$750K	1
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2010 → Nov 2011	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Nov 2009 → Nov 2010	$750K	1
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2008 → Nov 2009	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Nov 2008	$750K	1
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2004 → Nov 2007	$750K	4
OLD AMERICAN COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS COMPANY	Oct 2004 → Dec 2004	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 20
Trailers (towed): 21

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

75.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

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

Home base

MINEOLA, TX

691 FREEMAN STREET

Top corridor

TX 22 · LA 4 · KS 2

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 625606 USDOT 609274 USDOT 3547287 USDOT 4135370 USDOT 1598154 USDOT 3541586 USDOT 3070420 USDOT 75525

Shares a company officer with other carriers

linda bennett — 2 carriers: USDOT 1986446

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: 691 FREEMAN STREET, MINEOLA, TX, 75773
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (903) 569-0991
Fax: (903) 569-8454
Email: ct@circlettransport.com
Web domain: circlettransport.com

Registration

Officers: Linda Bennett · Deann Hawkins
USDOT / docket: 1297191 · MC-503410
First registered: Oct 20, 2004
Last MCS-150: Mar 19, 2026 · 1,223,556 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 29, 2016
Recordable crash rate: 0.65
D-U-N-S: 148060325

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,223,556

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 CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC.

CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1297191) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CANAL INSURANCE CO. effective Dec 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 46 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 34 vehicle-level and 46 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 19 power units and 19 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 19, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 29, 2016 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1297191, and its motor carrier number is MC-503410.

Is CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

CIRCLE T TRANSPORTATION INC has a 26.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 85 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).