Carrier profile · USDOT 2786530 · MC-928736 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

H&I EXPRESS INC

7 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 13 statesLAUREL, MD81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-928736 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

7Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

2007–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(240) 672-2435 Email dispatchHIEXPRESSINC@GMAIL.COM

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.1% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average9.5% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on record.

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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

7 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 2007–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

21 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 23.4 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle 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$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Progressive’15–’17

Progressive Northern’17–’19

United Specialty’19–’20

Falls Lake’20–’21

Benchmark’21–’24

Sentry Select’24–’25

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	1
BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Sep 2024	$750K	3
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2019	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Sep 2017	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 7
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.9 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

47.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 13 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MD busiest

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

Home base

LAUREL, MD

9628 NORFOLK AVE

Top corridor

MD 4 · OH 3 · PA 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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 548880 USDOT 2569183

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: 9628 NORFOLK AVE, LAUREL, MD, 20723
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (240) 672-2435
Email: hiexpressinc@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Vitalie Botnari
USDOT / docket: 2786530 · MC-928736
First registered: Jul 30, 2015
Last MCS-150: Mar 10, 2026 · 1,000,260 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Mar 29, 2026
Recordable crash rate: 16.66
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,000,260

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 H&I EXPRESS INC.

H&I EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2786530) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading 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 $750,000 limit in force from PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 26, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 21 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 21 driver-level — across 13 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 4 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 7 power units and 8 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 10, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Mar 29, 2026 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is H&I EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

H&I EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2786530, and its motor carrier number is MC-928736.

Is H&I EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is H&I EXPRESS INC's safety record?

H&I EXPRESS INC has a 23.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 31 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).