Carrier profile · USDOT 1382008 · MC-526909 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC

4 power unitsavg 10.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesROUGEMONT, NC86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-526909 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.8Avg age (yr)

2008–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(984) 983-0345 Email dispatchrick@keytransportsolutions.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

50.0

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

50.0

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 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 peersTypical

10.8 yr

Model years 2008–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

13 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%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 — 6 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 7.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

13 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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

≈1.6 / 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: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 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.

395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 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 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

State Pennsylvania’06–’08

Sua’09–’12

Wesco’12–’14

Sutter’14–’16

Northland’16–’20

Canal’20–’22

Accredited’22–’24

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Feb 2022 → Aug 2024	$750K	5
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2020 → Feb 2022	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2016 → Feb 2020	$750K	3
SUTTER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Feb 2016	$750K	2
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2009 → Feb 2012	$750K	3
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2008 → Feb 2009	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Feb 2008 → Feb 2008	$750K	2
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2008 → Feb 2008	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Feb 2006 → Feb 2008	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2005 → Feb 2006	$750K	3

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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): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

83%

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

SD busiest

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

Home base

ROUGEMONT, NC

16 JOHNELL DAYE DR

Top corridor

SD ⇄ NC

SD 2 · TN 2 · TX 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-identity links detected — no reincarnation flag, shared trucks, registration domain, or officer overlap with other carriers.

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 16 JOHNELL DAYE DR, ROUGEMONT, NC, 27572
Mailing address: 600 PARK OFFICES DR SUITE 300-102, DURHAM, NC, 27709
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (984) 983-0345
Email: rick@keytransportsolutions.com
Web domain: keytransportsolutions.com

Registration

Officer: Rickey Meals
USDOT / docket: 1382008 · MC-526909
First registered: Jun 8, 2005
Last MCS-150: Jul 16, 2025 · 238,000 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

238,000

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 KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC.

KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC (USDOT 1382008) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SIRIUSPOINT AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 23, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 13 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 13 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 16, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC's USDOT number?

KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC's USDOT number is 1382008, and its motor carrier number is MC-526909.

Is KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC authorized to operate?

As of 2026-06-30, KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC's safety record?

KEY TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 19 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).