Carrier profile · USDOT 2929444 · MC-988912 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC

4 power unitsavg 12.8 yrLocal · 2 statesDULZURA, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-988912 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.8Avg age (yr)

2000–2022 · vPIC

Call dispatch(619) 746-0844 Email dispatchEXPRESS.CARRIERS@HOTMAIL.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on file

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 76 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.4%

▼ 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-mo11.4%

▼ 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

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.8 yr

Model years 2000–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

44 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 11.4%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 — 35 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 20.0 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈5.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 44
Annualized: ≈22 / yr
Coverage: ≈5.5 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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)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$1,000,000 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

$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 ’25 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Qualitas’16–’17

United Specialty’17–’18

Trisura Specialty’18–’24

Qualitas’24–’25

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NEW HORIZON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2024 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Oct 2024	$750K	9
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$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): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.8 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

75.0%

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

CA busiest

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

Home base

DULZURA, CA

1259 BARRETT LAKE RD B4

Top corridor

CA 42 · AZ 2

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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4236859 USDOT 1642535Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (8 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3520863 USDOT 4236859 USDOT 239699 USDOT 1642535 USDOT 1400170 USDOT 2936661

Shares a company officer with other carriers

francisco javier ochoa — 3 carriers: USDOT 2313503 USDOT 4298204

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1259 BARRETT LAKE RD B4, DULZURA, CA, 91917
Mailing address: PO BOX 519, TECATE, CA, 91980
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (619) 746-0844
Cell: (619) 478-9983
Fax: (619) 478-9453
Email: express.carriers@hotmail.com

Registration

Officer: Francisco Javier Ochoa
USDOT / docket: 2929444 · MC-988912
First registered: Sep 16, 2016
Last MCS-150: Nov 21, 2025 · 268,975 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

268,975

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 EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC.

EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC (USDOT 2929444) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from NEW HORIZON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 22, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 11.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 44 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 35 vehicle-level and 44 driver-level — across 2 states, 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 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 21, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 2929444, and its motor carrier number is MC-988912.

Is EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC's safety record?

EXPRESS CARRIERS SERVICES INC has a 11.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 76 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).