Carrier profile · USDOT 1279688 · MC-499571 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cortez Transportation Company Inc

0 power unitsTOPEKA, KS50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-499571 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

0Power units

Self-reported · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

—Avg age (yr)

Not yet decoded

Call dispatch(785) 233-5466 Email dispatchcortez@corteztc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Limited record

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

Watch · 1

Not enough inspection history to rateNo federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.No BASIC safety alertsNo FMCSA intervention thresholds are currently exceeded.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

No activity in window

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal

No activity in window

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

0 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

—

Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$5,000,000 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

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’18 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Northland’05–’18

Philadelphia’18–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2018

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2018 → Jul 2018	$5M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Aug 2018	$5M	6
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Aug 2004 → Jul 2005	$5M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 0
Observed power (24 mo): —
Trailers (towed): —

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

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo

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

Home base

TOPEKA, KS

1016 N KANSAS AVENUE

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Shares a company officer with other carriers

carlos cortez — 8 carriers: USDOT 717603 USDOT 2136979 USDOT 2210616 USDOT 2919833 USDOT 3155754 USDOT 3751222 USDOT 4347717

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1016 N KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA, KS, 66608
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (785) 233-5466
Cell: (785) 806-5466
Email: cortez@corteztc.com
Web domain: corteztc.com

Registration

Officer: Carlos Cortez
USDOT / docket: 1279688 · MC-499571
First registered: Aug 26, 2004
Last MCS-150: Aug 5, 2025 · 150,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 19, 2006
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

—Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

150,000

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 CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC.

CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC (USDOT 1279688) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of 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 $5,000,000 limit in force from PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2018 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 0 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 0 vehicle-level and 0 driver-level, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 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 Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 0 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 5, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 19, 2006 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 1279688, and its motor carrier number is MC-499571.

Is CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

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

What is CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's safety record?

CORTEZ TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC has a — vehicle out-of-service rate across 1 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: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.