Carrier profile · USDOT 176437 · MC-152829 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC

76 power unitsavg 5.2 yrRegional · 6 statesKANKAKEE, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152829 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

76Power units

44 observed · MCS-150

57Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

2016–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(815) 935-3000 Email dispatchsteveh@hoekstratrans.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 · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.8%

▲ 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

Asset-based

76 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 2016–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

66 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.8%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 — 18 vehicle and 66 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 25.7 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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

Registered power units: 76
Inspections · 24 mo: 66
Annualized: ≈33 / 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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 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: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)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 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’94–’00

Continental’03–’07

Westfield’10–’15

National Interstate’15–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Mar 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2024 → Mar 2025	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2024	$750K	4
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2010 → Mar 2015	$750K	2
STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2009 → Mar 2010	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2007 → Mar 2009	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2003 → Mar 2007	$750K	4
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2002 → Mar 2003	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2001 → Mar 2002	$750K	2
XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2000 → Mar 2001	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Feb 1994 → Mar 2000	$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): 76
Observed power (24 mo): 44
Trailers (towed): 57

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

13.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

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

Home base

KANKAKEE, IL

613 EASTGATE INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY

Top corridor

IL 38 · IN 12 · OH 6

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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 251582Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (9 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2423156 USDOT 2638067 USDOT 3832446 USDOT 1729187 USDOT 3275692 USDOT 251582 USDOT 2287162 USDOT 2564878

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@hoekstratrans.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1992019

Shares a company officer with other carriers

steve hoekstra — 2 carriers: USDOT 2963495

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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: 613 EASTGATE INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, KANKAKEE, IL, 60901
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (815) 935-3000
Fax: (815) 935-0151
Email: steveh@hoekstratrans.com
Web domain: hoekstratrans.com

Registration

Officers: Steve Hoekstra · Bob Rudolf
USDOT / docket: 176437 · MC-152829
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 12, 2025 · 5,229,129 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 24, 2012
D-U-N-S: 67405423

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,229,129

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 HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC.

HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 176437) 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 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 GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Mar 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 66 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 18 vehicle-level and 66 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 76 power units and 70 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 12, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 24, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 176437, and its motor carrier number is MC-152829.

Is HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

HOEKSTRA TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 27.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 106 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).