Carrier profile · USDOT 74432 · MC-139853 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD

3,794 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 44 statesMONDOVI, WI70/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-139853 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3,794Power units

2,431 observed · MCS-150

3,387Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(715) 926-4216 Email dispatchdan.king@marten.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Established 52 yearsOut-of-service rates below national averageNo active operating authority

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Fatal crash on record115 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 2

Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 8845 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

115

194 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

115

194 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

3,794 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

5,028 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2,652 vehicle and 5,019 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.5% · 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

4,814 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 280

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 3,794-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 3,794
Inspections · 24 mo: 5,028
Annualized: ≈2,514 / 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 Driving1,838 · 9 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance486 · 388 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance441 · 151 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance286 · 61 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance169 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance151 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance143 · 11 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance138 · 59 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance127 · 64 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance100 · 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: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’03 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Reliance National’93–’03

Self-insured’95–’00

Zurich’98–’04

beyond this history

1993200220112020now

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

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2002 → Jun 2003	$1M	1
SELF-INSURED	Apr 2002 → Dec 2002	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Dec 2001 → Feb 2002	$1M	1
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2001 → Feb 2003	$1M	1
SELF-INSURED	Dec 2001 → Apr 2002	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Dec 2001 → Mar 2002	$1M	4
SELF-INSURED	Feb 2000 → Dec 2001	$1M	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1998 → Jan 2004	$1M	1
SELF-INSURED	Jan 1995 → Feb 2000	$1M	1
RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 1993 → Oct 2003	$1M	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3,794
Observed power (24 mo): 2431
Trailers (towed): 3387

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

33.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 44 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

5,012

CA busiest

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

Home base

MONDOVI, WI

129 MARTEN STREET

Top corridor

CA ⇄ WI

CA 1,090 · TN 331 · TX 279

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: 98 trucks also ran under 72 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3491737 USDOT 3546906 USDOT 3671459 USDOT 3818447 USDOT 3920250 USDOT 1175018 USDOT 2294033 USDOT 154712Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (92 trucks · 208 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1667321 USDOT 3396106 USDOT 3728952 USDOT 3956049 USDOT 4025514 USDOT 3110920 USDOT 3468122 USDOT 3814673

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@marten.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 1384329 USDOT 1763077

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

3,794

Observed (24 mo)

2,431

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 129 MARTEN STREET, MONDOVI, WI, 54755
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (715) 926-4216
Fax: (800) 395-2026
Email: dan.king@marten.com
Web domain: marten.com

Registration

Officers: Douglas Petit · Daniel King
USDOT / docket: 74432 · MC-139853
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 11, 2026 · 329,825,922 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 20, 2014
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

3,794

Power units

2,660

Drivers

2,660

CDL drivers

329,825,922

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 MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD.

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD (USDOT 74432) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 5,028 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 2,652 vehicle-level and 5,019 driver-level — across 44 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 194 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 115 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 3,794 power units and 2,660 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 11, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 20, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD's USDOT number?

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD's USDOT number is 74432, and its motor carrier number is MC-139853.

Is MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD's safety record?

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD has a 14.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 8,845 roadside inspections, with 194 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).