Carrier profile · USDOT 1520385 · MC-568330 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

New Sound Transportation LLC

30 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 20 statesFIFE, WA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-568330 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

30Power units

27 observed · MCS-150

40Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.1Avg age (yr)

2014–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(253) 926-0101 Email dispatchSAFETY@NEWSOUNDTRANSPORTATION.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.

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average7.4% vs the 6.7% national average.

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.Established 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

30 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.1 yr

Model years 2014–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

68 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 13.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 4.9 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

67 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 6

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 68
Annualized: ≈34 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
392.5 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 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: 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 ’21 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

New York’12–’16

Argonaut’18–’20

beyond this history

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2021

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	1
ARGONAUT INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2018 → Dec 2020	$750K	4
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$750K	4
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$750K	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Dec 2012 → Dec 2016	$750K	4
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD	Aug 2011 → Dec 2012	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2010 → Aug 2011	$750K	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2009 → Aug 2010	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2008 → Aug 2009	$750K	1
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2007 → Aug 2008	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2006 → Aug 2007	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 30
Observed power (24 mo): 27
Trailers (towed): 40

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.1 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

59.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WA busiest

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

Home base

FIFE, WA

7495 26TH ST E

Top corridor

WA 16 · CA 11 · CO 6

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: 6 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 2363192 USDOT 3943090 USDOT 2173194 USDOT 2559621Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (22 trucks · 19 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3448611 USDOT 4256918 USDOT 4438219 USDOT 908185 USDOT 4261863 USDOT 3088543 USDOT 3089095 USDOT 255166

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@newsoundtransportation.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 1807615 USDOT 4137404

Shares a company officer with other carriers

valeriy n karcha — 2 carriers: USDOT 4137404

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 7495 26TH ST E, FIFE, WA, 98424-2770
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (253) 926-0101
Cell: (253) 486-3030
Fax: (253) 777-0643
Email: safety@newsoundtransportation.com
Web domain: newsoundtransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Valeriy N Karcha
USDOT / docket: 1520385 · MC-568330
First registered: Jun 23, 2006
Last MCS-150: May 22, 2025 · 3,617,954 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 18, 2018
Recordable crash rate: 0.83
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,617,954

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 NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC.

NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1520385) 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 common and 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 SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 1, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 68 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 29 vehicle-level and 68 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 30 power units and 27 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 22, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 18, 2018 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 1520385, and its motor carrier number is MC-568330.

Is NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 13.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 97 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 30 power units and 27 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

NEW SOUND TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in FIFE, WA, with roadside inspections recorded across 20 states.

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