Carrier profile · USDOT 182466 · MC-154306 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC

77 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 20 statesMEMPHIS, TN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-154306 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

77Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

52Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

2012–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(901) 775-5007 Email dispatchmarkcooper@cooperfreight.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 6, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 116 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

77 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 2012–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

68 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 15.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 16.8 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 6

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 77-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 77
Inspections · 24 mo: 68
Annualized: ≈34 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
383.95 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’21 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Liberty’94–’99

Great West’03–’09

State Automobile’12–’16

National Interstate’17–’21

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Sep 2024

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Sep 2021	$750K	7
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	May 2016 → Jun 2017	$750K	2
STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → May 2016	$750K	2
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2009 → Jun 2012	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2003 → Dec 2009	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2001 → Nov 2003	$750K	1
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Nov 2000 → Nov 2001	$750K	1
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1999 → Nov 2000	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1994 → Nov 1999	$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): 77
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 52

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

17.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

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

Home base

MEMPHIS, TN

1081 ARKANSAS ST

Top corridor

MS ⇄ TN

MS 14 · AR 9 · MO 8

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 823067 USDOT 4309072 USDOT 3492376 USDOT 2157285Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (17 trucks · 17 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1627098 USDOT 3913844 USDOT 255631 USDOT 2036998 USDOT 823067 USDOT 38111 USDOT 3255076 USDOT 4139797

Shares a company officer with other carriers

don cooper — 6 carriers: USDOT 429946 USDOT 822747 USDOT 1356553 USDOT 1590038 USDOT 2389415

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: 1081 ARKANSAS ST, MEMPHIS, TN, 38106
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (901) 775-5007
Fax: (901) 946-2338
Email: markcooper@cooperfreight.com
Web domain: cooperfreight.com

Registration

Officers: Mark Cooper · Don Cooper
USDOT / docket: 182466 · MC-154306
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Nov 19, 2025 · 5,612,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 16, 2002
D-U-N-S: 93801140

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,612,000

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 COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC.

COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC (USDOT 182466) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Sep 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 15.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 6, 2026.

The carrier received 68 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 19 vehicle-level and 68 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 6, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 6, 2026.

It reports 77 power units and 77 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 19, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 16, 2002 in the federal record refreshed Aug 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC's USDOT number?

COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC's USDOT number is 182466, and its motor carrier number is MC-154306.

Is COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 6, 2026, COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC's safety record?

COOPER AIR FREIGHT SERVICE INC has a 15.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 116 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).