Carrier profile · USDOT 1021693 · MC-428691 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MDB TRANSPORTATION INC

48 power unitsavg 5.8 yrLocal · 2 statesCOMPTON, CA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-428691 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

48Power units

34 observed · MCS-150

51Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.8Avg age (yr)

2007–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(562) 928-0668 Email dispatchinfo@mdbtransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 crashes5 crashes involving injuries are on 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.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 123 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

48 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.8 yr

Model years 2007–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityNew

0 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2026 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

79 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 11.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 3.0 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 12

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 48
Inspections · 24 mo: 79
Annualized: ≈40 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance3 · 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)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 ’23 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Williamsburg National’03–’07

Williamsburg National’10–’20

National Interstate’20–’23

beyond this history

2002200820142020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2022

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2020 → Mar 2023	$750K	1
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Apr 2010 → Apr 2020	$750K	2
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2009 → Apr 2010	$750K	1
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2008 → Apr 2009	$750K	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2007 → Apr 2008	$750K	1
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Apr 2003 → Apr 2007	$750K	5
RANGER INS. CO./FAIRMONT SPECIALTY INS. CO.	Apr 2002 → Apr 2003	$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): 48
Observed power (24 mo): 34
Trailers (towed): 51

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

24.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

COMPTON, CA

435 E WEBER AVE

Top corridor

CA 74 · NV 5

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: 4 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 4079152 USDOT 3150981 USDOT 422227Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (23 trucks · 9 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 440672 USDOT 717059 USDOT 2191922 USDOT 3150981 USDOT 422227 USDOT 2398261 USDOT 3348686 USDOT 303024

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: 435 E WEBER AVE, COMPTON, CA, 90222-1424
Mailing address: PO BOX 10129, GLENDALE, CA, 91209
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (562) 928-0668
Email: info@mdbtransportation.com
Web domain: mdbtransportation.com

Registration

Officers: Hakop Khudikyan · Marcus Lionetti
USDOT / docket: 1021693 · MC-428691
First registered: May 16, 2026
Last MCS-150: Mar 28, 2025 · 1,000,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,000,000

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 MDB TRANSPORTATION INC.

MDB TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1021693) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 1, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 11.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 79 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 62 vehicle-level and 67 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 48 power units and 50 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 28, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MDB TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

MDB TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1021693, and its motor carrier number is MC-428691.

Is MDB TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, MDB TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MDB TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

MDB TRANSPORTATION INC has a 11.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 123 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).