Carrier profile · USDOT 1873432 · MC-676488 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

CRANE CARTAGE LLC

DBA CRANE CARTAGE FREIGHT SERVICES

324 power unitsavg 7.7 yrNational · 36 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-676488 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

324Power units

182 observed · MCS-150

189Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.7Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(281) 233-9596 Email dispatchelizabeth.prasek@cranefreight.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 29, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record5 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 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2009.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 479 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo19.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

324 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.7 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2009 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

290 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 19.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 186 vehicle and 284 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 2.3 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

269 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 22

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 324-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 324
Inspections · 24 mo: 290
Annualized: ≈145 / 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 Driving98 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 14 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 31 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance11 · 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$5,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Transguard America’09–’13

Liberty Fire’14–’16

Hartford Fire’16–’20

Everest National’20–’22

Everest Denali’22–now

2009201420192024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2024

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2024	$750K	1
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Nov 2022	$750K	2
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2016 → Nov 2020	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2014 → Nov 2016	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2012 → Dec 2012	$750K	3
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Apr 2009 → Jan 2013	$750K	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 324
Observed power (24 mo): 182
Trailers (towed): 189

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

19.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 36 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

288

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

1500 RANKIN ROAD

Top corridor

TX 58 · TN 27 · NM 26

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: 9 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3377980 USDOT 3798186 USDOT 753551 USDOT 3017388 USDOT 4404118 USDOT 4135248 USDOT 3081697 USDOT 809830Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 122 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 86820 USDOT 1958758 USDOT 3280367 USDOT 4017877 USDOT 4144941 USDOT 186375 USDOT 1926183 USDOT 2203204

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

324

Observed (24 mo)

182

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 1500 RANKIN ROAD, HOUSTON, TX, 77073
Mailing address: 1500 RANKIN ROAD STE 400, HOUSTON, TX, 77073
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (281) 233-9596
Fax: (346) 214-7448
Email: elizabeth.prasek@cranefreight.com
Web domain: cranefreight.com

Registration

Officer: Sam Slater
USDOT / docket: 1873432 · MC-676488
First registered: Apr 3, 2009
Last MCS-150: Jan 23, 2026 · 21,753,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 6, 2013
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

324

Power units

391

Drivers

306

CDL drivers

21,753,000

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 CRANE CARTAGE LLC.

CRANE CARTAGE LLC (USDOT 1873432) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 29, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 30, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 29, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 19.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier received 290 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 186 vehicle-level and 284 driver-level — across 36 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 29, 2026.

It reports 324 power units and 391 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 23, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 6, 2013 in the federal record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CRANE CARTAGE LLC's USDOT number?

CRANE CARTAGE LLC's USDOT number is 1873432, and its motor carrier number is MC-676488.

Is CRANE CARTAGE LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 29, 2026, CRANE CARTAGE LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CRANE CARTAGE LLC's safety record?

CRANE CARTAGE LLC has a 19.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 479 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).