Carrier profile · USDOT 1994680 · MC-646348 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC

20 power unitsavg 7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMEMPHIS, TN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-646348 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

14 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(901) 396-8002 Email dispatchdklein@nickeywarehouse.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.

Active operating authorityInsurance on file

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 48 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 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

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

29 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 16.4 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 29
Annualized: ≈15 / 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
172.504 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
177.817 Other violationOther1 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 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

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’11 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Bank America’08–’11

Great West’11–now

2008201320182023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 2023

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2011 → Jun 2011	$5M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2010 → May 2011	$5M	2
BANK OF AMERICA	May 2008 → Jun 2011	$5M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 14
Trailers (towed): 17

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

38.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

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

Home base

MEMPHIS, TN

1994 AMIDO 490

Top corridor

GA ⇄ TN

GA 7 · MS 6 · TN 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 304746 USDOT 4275039 USDOT 76600 USDOT 3684931 USDOT 3096640 USDOT 2608633 USDOT 1543578 USDOT 3449855

Shares a company officer with other carriers

charles andrews — 13 carriers: USDOT 199663 USDOT 564177 USDOT 749143 USDOT 804319 USDOT 1043942 USDOT 1424640 USDOT 1648253 USDOT 1768197

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: 1994 AMIDO 490, MEMPHIS, TN, 38114
Mailing address: PO BOX 9262, MEMPHIS, TN, 38190
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (901) 396-8002
Email: dklein@nickeywarehouse.com
Web domain: nickeywarehouse.com

Registration

Officers: Charles Andrews · Daniel Klein
USDOT / docket: 1994680 · MC-646348
First registered: Feb 12, 2010
Last MCS-150: Mar 20, 2025 · 1,198,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,198,000

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 NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC.

NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1994680) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 27, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 29 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 20 vehicle-level and 29 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 20, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 1994680, and its motor carrier number is MC-646348.

Is NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

NICKEY TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 48 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).