Carrier profile · USDOT 636416 · MC-301403 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Golden Carriers Inc

9 power unitsavg 19.2 yrRegional · 5 statesMOUNTAINSIDE, NJ93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-301403 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

6Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

19.2Avg age (yr)

2000–2016 · vPIC

Call dispatch(973) 926-3200 Email dispatchCHAS@GOLDENCARRIERS.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.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 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-mo25.0%

▲ 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

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

19.2 yr

Model years 2000–2016 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

11 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 3.6 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle 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)Not 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’23 · 15 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Ari’13–’17

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 20 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. · since Jun 2023

All 20 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2022 → Jun 2023	$1M	2
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2020 → Jun 2022	$1M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2017 → Jun 2019	$1M	1
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2013 → Jun 2017	$1M	1
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Jun 2012 → Jun 2013	$1M	2
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jun 2011 → Jun 2012	$1M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2010 → Jun 2011	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Sep 2008 → Jul 2010	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2007 → Sep 2008	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2005 → Sep 2007	$1M	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2004 → Nov 2004	$1M	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2004 → Oct 2004	$1M	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2002 → Aug 2004	$1M	9
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2002 → Jun 2002	$1M	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2001 → May 2001	$1M	3
GLOBE INDEMNITY CO.	Oct 2000 → Mar 2001	$1M	2
EVERGREEN NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Mar 2000 → Oct 2000	$1M	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Mar 1999 → May 2000	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 1998 → Mar 1999	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 6

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

19.2 yr

Average age

2016

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

30.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NY busiest

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

Home base

MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ

1120 GLOBE AVE

Top corridor

NY ⇄ NJ

NY 4 · PA 2 · VT 2

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 (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 232734 USDOT 3195710

Shares a company officer with other carriers

charles stein — 3 carriers: USDOT 2191264 USDOT 2491467

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1120 GLOBE AVE, MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ, 07092
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (973) 926-3200
Fax: (973) 923-8864
Email: chas@goldencarriers.com
Web domain: goldencarriers.com

Registration

Officer: Charles Stein
USDOT / docket: 636416 · MC-301403
First registered: Apr 9, 1996
Last MCS-150: Oct 30, 2024 · 975,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 23, 2013
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

975,000

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 GOLDEN CARRIERS INC.

GOLDEN CARRIERS INC (USDOT 636416) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract 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 HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. effective Jun 1, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 11 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 5 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 9 power units and 9 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 30, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 23, 2013 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GOLDEN CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

GOLDEN CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 636416, and its motor carrier number is MC-301403.

Is GOLDEN CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is GOLDEN CARRIERS INC's safety record?

GOLDEN CARRIERS INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 19 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is GOLDEN CARRIERS INC's fleet?

GOLDEN CARRIERS INC operates 9 power units and 9 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is GOLDEN CARRIERS INC based?

GOLDEN CARRIERS INC is based in MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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