Carrier profile · USDOT 2451293 · MC-846202 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC

33 power unitsavg 6.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesEL PASO, TX82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-846202 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

33Power units

38 observed · MCS-150

49Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.7Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(915) 235-1585 Email dispatchCOLDWAYTRANSPORTATION@HOTMAIL.COM

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

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

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average11.3% vs the 6.7% 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

33 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

97 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 11.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 8

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 33
Inspections · 24 mo: 97
Annualized: ≈49 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 12 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness5 · 5 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United Specialty’15–’18

United Wisconsin’19–’21

Hallmark’21–’23

Ms Transverse’25–now

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → May 2026	$750K	5
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → May 2023	$750K	3
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Apr 2021	$750K	2
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2018 → Apr 2019	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2015 → Apr 2018	$750K	3
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Apr 2014 → Apr 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 33
Observed power (24 mo): 38
Trailers (towed): 49

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

56.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NM busiest

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

Home base

EL PASO, TX

4700 ROSA AVE

Top corridor

NM ⇄ TX

NM 35 · TX 30 · CO 10

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: 5 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3217796 USDOT 3868745 USDOT 4475939 USDOT 1706682 USDOT 2932161Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (49 trucks · 21 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 974845 USDOT 3034080 USDOT 3822460 USDOT 4261316 USDOT 536111 USDOT 3217796 USDOT 3868745 USDOT 3463397

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jonathan delgado — 3 carriers: USDOT 2552586 USDOT 4366372

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: 4700 ROSA AVE, EL PASO, TX, 79905
Mailing address: 1009 OLSON ST, EL PASO, TX, 79903
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (915) 235-1585
Cell: (915) 727-8398
Email: coldwaytransportation@hotmail.com

Registration

Officers: Jonathan Delgado · Juana Ruvalcaba
USDOT / docket: 2451293 · MC-846202
First registered: Nov 4, 2013
Last MCS-150: Feb 7, 2025 · 4,913,973 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Jun 7, 2023
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,913,973

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 COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC.

COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2451293) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 97 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 48 vehicle-level and 97 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 7 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 33 power units and 38 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 7, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Jun 7, 2023 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 2451293, and its motor carrier number is MC-846202.

Is COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

COLD WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 8.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 156 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).