Carrier profile · USDOT 1902445 · MC-683350 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC

46 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesGASTONIA, NC80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-683350 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

46Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

54Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.1Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(704) 917-0021 Email dispatchcbeatty@GOHIGHWAYS.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 well above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 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 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2009.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

46 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.1 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2009 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

110 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 38.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 110 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 14.5 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 10

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 46
Inspections · 24 mo: 110
Annualized: ≈55 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 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 ’24 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Cincinnati’09–’16

Zurich American’16–’19

Berkley National’21–’23

beyond this history

2009201420192024now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2024

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2023 → Mar 2024	$750K	1
BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Mar 2023	$750K	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Jan 2019	$750K	1
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2009 → Oct 2016	$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): 46
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 54

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

46.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

110

NC busiest

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

Home base

GASTONIA, NC

927 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY

Top corridor

NC 56 · SC 29 · GA 7

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: 7 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1247640 USDOT 1053464 USDOT 3298639 USDOT 297703 USDOT 115479 USDOT 1067244 USDOT 1079241Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (34 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 917131 USDOT 2313730 USDOT 2986859 USDOT 3421327 USDOT 440672 USDOT 1294615 USDOT 2215799 USDOT 3730116

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gohighways.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3199763

Shares a company officer with other carriers

chad beatty — 3 carriers: USDOT 454229 USDOT 3199763

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 927 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, GASTONIA, NC, 28054
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (704) 917-0021
Cell: (803) 517-3705
Fax: (704) 917-0022
Email: cbeatty@gohighways.com
Web domain: gohighways.com

Registration

Officers: Chad Beatty · Matthew Hunter
USDOT / docket: 1902445 · MC-683350
First registered: Jun 15, 2009
Last MCS-150: Mar 17, 2026 · 3,209,237 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,209,237

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 HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC.

HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1902445) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 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 SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 110 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 31 vehicle-level and 110 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 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 46 power units and 46 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 17, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 1902445, and its motor carrier number is MC-683350.

Is HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 38.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 161 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).