Carrier profile · USDOT 2394419 · MC-823181 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nick Holden Transport Company

38 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 20 statesTUNNEL HILL, GA75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-823181 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

38Power units

50 observed · MCS-150

52Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.2Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(706) 229-3838 Email dispatchdispatch@nickholdentransport.com

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average8.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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.Established 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

38 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.2 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

86 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 86 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 22.4 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 38
Inspections · 24 mo: 86
Annualized: ≈43 / 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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 8 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Eastern Atlantic’13–’16

Spirit Commercial’16–’18

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	3
SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	5
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Apr 2019	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2018 → Apr 2019	$750K	3
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Apr 2016 → Apr 2018	$750K	4
EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2013 → Apr 2016	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 38
Observed power (24 mo): 50
Trailers (towed): 52

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

47.1%

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

TN busiest

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

Home base

TUNNEL HILL, GA

3652 CHATTANOOGA ROAD

Top corridor

TN ⇄ GA

TN 18 · AR 8 · GA 7

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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1360591Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (37 trucks · 35 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3443496 USDOT 3472462 USDOT 4107360 USDOT 1360591 USDOT 3900257 USDOT 2352708 USDOT 3240916 USDOT 690147

Shares a company officer with other carriers

dimas ramirez — 3 carriers: USDOT 2517538 USDOT 4041906

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: 3652 CHATTANOOGA ROAD, TUNNEL HILL, GA, 30755
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (706) 229-3838
Cell: (706) 980-8482
Email: dispatch@nickholdentransport.com
Web domain: nickholdentransport.com

Registration

Officer: Dimas Ramirez
USDOT / docket: 2394419 · MC-823181
First registered: Apr 7, 2013
Last MCS-150: Oct 13, 2025 · 3,548,965 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 19, 2021
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,548,965

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 NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY.

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY (USDOT 2394419) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading 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 CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 12, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 86 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 38 vehicle-level and 86 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 38 power units and 33 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 13, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 19, 2021 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's USDOT number?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's USDOT number is 2394419, and its motor carrier number is MC-823181.

Is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's safety record?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY has a 23.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 159 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).

How big is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY's fleet?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY operates 38 power units and 33 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY based?

NICK HOLDEN TRANSPORT COMPANY is based in TUNNEL HILL, GA, with roadside inspections recorded across 20 states.

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