Carrier profile · USDOT 940337 · MC-403978 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

KW INTERNATIONAL INC

93 power unitsavg 6.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesCARSON, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-403978 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

93Power units

42 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(909) 429-3264 Email dispatchjuliac@kwinternational.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 17, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 203 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.4%

▼ 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

93 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

129 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 6.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 11

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 93-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 93
Inspections · 24 mo: 129
Annualized: ≈65 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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 ’26 · 11 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Center Bank’07–’13

National Union’12–’15

Arch’15–’19

Ace American’20–’23

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Mar 2026

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Aug 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2025	$750K	2
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Aug 2023	$750K	3
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Aug 2019 → Aug 2020	$750K	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Aug 2019	$750K	4
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Aug 2012 → Aug 2015	$750K	2
AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING	Aug 2011 → Sep 2012	$750K	2
CENTER BANK	Oct 2007 → Dec 2013	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Nov 2005 → May 2006	$750K	1
SUTTER INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2004 → Nov 2005	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2003 → May 2004	$750K	2
GENERAL SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2001 → Dec 2001	$750K	5

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 93
Observed power (24 mo): 42
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

6.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

48.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 15 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

128

CA busiest

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

Home base

CARSON, CA

1650 GLENN CURTISS ST

Top corridor

CA 64 · FL 27 · KY 9

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: 3 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 193491 USDOT 1970913 USDOT 3968833 USDOT 4197619Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (18 trucks · 19 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 363968 USDOT 1294389 USDOT 4197619 USDOT 730654 USDOT 3625476 USDOT 2725770 USDOT 3887785 USDOT 193491

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@kwinternational.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 1667452 USDOT 1818647 USDOT 2396998 USDOT 2725770

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: 1650 GLENN CURTISS ST, CARSON, CA, 90746
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (909) 429-3264
Email: juliac@kwinternational.com
Web domain: kwinternational.com

Registration

Officer: Jin Kil Won
USDOT / docket: 940337 · MC-403978
First registered: Mar 14, 2001
Last MCS-150: Oct 13, 2025 · 2,720,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 19, 2020
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,720,000

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 KW INTERNATIONAL INC.

KW INTERNATIONAL INC (USDOT 940337) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 17, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 17, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Mar 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 17, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 6.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 17, 2026.

The carrier received 129 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 94 vehicle-level and 129 driver-level — across 15 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 17, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 17, 2026.

It reports 93 power units and 74 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 13, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 19, 2020 in the federal record refreshed Jul 17, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KW INTERNATIONAL INC's USDOT number?

KW INTERNATIONAL INC's USDOT number is 940337, and its motor carrier number is MC-403978.

Is KW INTERNATIONAL INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 17, 2026, KW INTERNATIONAL INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KW INTERNATIONAL INC's safety record?

KW INTERNATIONAL INC has a 6.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 203 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).