Carrier profile · USDOT 3205071 · MC-1398328 · Updated Sep 13, 2026

MDN Freight Inc

155 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 43 statesDAVENPORT, IA63/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-1398328 STATUS UNKNOWN

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

155Power units

109 observed · MCS-150

153Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(815) 306-3480 Email dispatchsafetyteam@mdnfreightinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 13, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Authority not on file

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Authority not on file

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

155 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

292 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 30.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 292 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.4% · 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 5.7 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

289 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 21

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 155-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 155
Inspections · 24 mo: 292
Annualized: ≈146 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving141 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 10 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 36 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance32 · 10 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 8 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Continental’18–’22

State Nationalspecialty’22–’23

Transverse Specialty’23–’24

Trisura Specialty’24–’25

Ms Transverse’25–now

20182020202220242026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2025 → Feb 2026	$1M	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2023 → Nov 2024	$1M	9
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$1M	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2018 → Nov 2022	$1M	12

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 155
Observed power (24 mo): 109
Trailers (towed): 153

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

82.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 43 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

290

TN busiest

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

Home base

DAVENPORT, IA

1140 E KIMBERLY RD UNIT 1B

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IA

TN 27 · GA 20 · IL 19

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: 53 trucks also ran under 20 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3080387 USDOT 3576549 USDOT 2954205 USDOT 4323043 USDOT 2531368 USDOT 4371671 USDOT 3139125 USDOT 4148328Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 82 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 241411 USDOT 273818 USDOT 3411498 USDOT 3434290 USDOT 4395979 USDOT 2979800 USDOT 3396106 USDOT 3606390

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

155

Observed (24 mo)

109

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1140 E KIMBERLY RD UNIT 1B, DAVENPORT, IA, 52807-1748
Mailing address: 1140 E KIMBERLY RD STE 1B, DAVENPORT, IA, 52807
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (815) 306-3480
Email: safetyteam@mdnfreightinc.com
Web domain: mdnfreightinc.com

Registration

Officer: Violetka Gosheva
USDOT / docket: 3205071 · MC-1398328
First registered: Oct 25, 2018
Last MCS-150: Jul 16, 2026 · 9,763,500 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

155

Power units

155

Drivers

155

CDL drivers

9,763,500

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 MDN FREIGHT INC.

MDN FREIGHT INC (USDOT 3205071) has a Vektor safety score of 63/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier has an unknown current for-hire authority status because no FMCSA L&I authority row is available as of Sep 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Sep 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier received 292 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 110 vehicle-level and 292 driver-level — across 43 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 13, 2026.

It reports 155 power units and 155 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 16, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is MDN FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

MDN FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 3205071, and its motor carrier number is MC-1398328.

Is MDN FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 13, 2026, MDN FREIGHT INC is active in the FMCSA register.

What is MDN FREIGHT INC's safety record?

MDN FREIGHT INC has a 30.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 461 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 63/100 (tier: high_risk).

How big is MDN FREIGHT INC's fleet?

MDN FREIGHT INC operates 155 power units and 155 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is MDN FREIGHT INC based?

MDN FREIGHT INC is based in DAVENPORT, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 43 states.

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