Carrier profile · USDOT 2516438 · MC-873157 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MANILA EXPRESS INC

61 power unitsavg 3.4 yrMulti-region · 15 statesCARMEL, IN94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-873157 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

61Power units

65 observed · MCS-150

94Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.4Avg age (yr)

2015–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 558-8900 Email dispatchMANILA.EXPRESS@YAHOO.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes11 crashes involving injuries are on 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 295 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.0%

▼ 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-mo14.0%

▼ 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

61 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.4 yr

Model years 2015–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

197 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 14.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 197 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.4 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

187 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 17

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.

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: 61
Inspections · 24 mo: 197
Annualized: ≈99 / 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving71 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 8 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Continental’14–’16

United Specialty’18–’20

United Specialty’20–’21

2014201720202023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Nov 2025

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Nov 2023 → Nov 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	1
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2021 → Nov 2022	$750K	7
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Nov 2020	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	4
PLATINUM TRANSPORT INSURANCE RRG, INC	Jan 2017 → Jan 2018	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2016 → Jan 2017	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2014 → Jan 2016	$750K	5
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2014 → Aug 2014	$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): 61
Observed power (24 mo): 65
Trailers (towed): 94

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2015

Oldest model yr

73.6%

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

197

CA busiest

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

Home base

CARMEL, IN

550 CONGRESSIONAL BLVD SUITE 390 PMB 1003

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IN

CA 71 · AR 35 · NM 27

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: 26 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2835109 USDOT 4119633 USDOT 3808257Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (90 trucks · 21 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1009857 USDOT 2835109 USDOT 3933145 USDOT 2936661 USDOT 4119633 USDOT 3542668 USDOT 2878082 USDOT 4210180

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: 550 CONGRESSIONAL BLVD SUITE 390 PMB 1003, CARMEL, IN, 46032
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 558-8900
Email: manila.express@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Buta S Gill
USDOT / docket: 2516438 · MC-873157
First registered: Jun 17, 2014
Last MCS-150: Nov 19, 2025 · 9,382,675 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

9,382,675

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 MANILA EXPRESS INC.

MANILA EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2516438) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract 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 CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Nov 14, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 197 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 100 vehicle-level and 197 driver-level — across 15 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 61 power units and 65 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 19, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is MANILA EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

MANILA EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 2516438, and its motor carrier number is MC-873157.

Is MANILA EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MANILA EXPRESS INC's safety record?

MANILA EXPRESS INC has a 14.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 295 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).