Carrier profile · USDOT 290794 · MC-186407 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC

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19 power unitsavg 17.8 yrLocal · 2 statesEARTH CITY, MO50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-186407 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

2Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

17.8Avg age (yr)

1998–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(314) 291-7440 Email dispatchpdrury@cordmoving.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 13, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average100.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Not enough inspection history to rate3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 39 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 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

17.8 yr

Model years 1998–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 16.7 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 19-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’12 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Vanliner’94–’02

Transguard America’01–’05

General Wisconsin’05–’10

Vanliner’11–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2012

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2011 → Dec 2012	$750K	1
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	2
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Nov 2005 → Dec 2010	$750K	1
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Aug 2001 → Nov 2005	$750K	5
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1994 → May 2002	$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): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 2

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

17.8 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

25.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MO busiest

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

Home base

EARTH CITY, MO

4119 RIDER TRAIL NORTH

Top corridor

MO 2 · AL 1

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.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 181102 USDOT 70851

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cordmoving.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 181102 USDOT 1571434 USDOT 2994066

Shares a company officer with other carriers

stephen ryan — 4 carriers: USDOT 1546565 USDOT 2994066 USDOT 4090431

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 4119 RIDER TRAIL NORTH, EARTH CITY, MO, 63045
Mailing address: 4101 RIDER TRAIL NORTH, EARTH CITY, MO, 63045
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (314) 291-7440
Fax: (314) 291-6504
Email: pdrury@cordmoving.com
Web domain: cordmoving.com

Registration

Officers: Steve Patterson · Stephen Ryan
USDOT / docket: 290794 · MC-186407
First registered: May 1, 1987
Last MCS-150: Apr 15, 2025 · 94,120 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 17, 1989
D-U-N-S: 6490452

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

94,120

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 CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.

CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC (USDOT 290794) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jul 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 31, 2012 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 100.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 13, 2026.

It reports 19 power units and 15 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 15, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 17, 1989 in the federal record refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 290794, and its motor carrier number is MC-186407.

Is CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 13, 2026, CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC's safety record?

CORD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC has a 100.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 9 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.