Carrier profile · USDOT 548611 · MC-178289 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Northern Refrigerated Transportation Inc

202 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 5 statesTURLOCK, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178289 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

202Power units

118 observed · MCS-150

171Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.5Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(209) 664-3800 Email dispatchssmith@northernrefrigerated.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 3, 2026

Clear to load

Clear under the current scoring — review the flagged signal below before loading.

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 400 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

202 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.5 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

255 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 8.3%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 — 181 vehicle and 255 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

250 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 25

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 202-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 202
Inspections · 24 mo: 255
Annualized: ≈128 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving79 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness9 · 8 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 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$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$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 ’25 · 7 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Carolina’01–’06

Carolina’07–’11

Nationwide Agribusiness’13–’20

United States’22–’25

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	May 2022 → Jul 2025	$1M	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2020 → May 2022	$1M	2
NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	May 2013 → May 2020	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	May 2012 → May 2013	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	May 2007 → May 2011	$1M	8
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	May 2001 → May 2006	$1M	3
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2000 → May 2001	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 1997 → May 1997	$1M	5
TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE	May 1995 → May 1997	$1M	1
AMERICAN EAGLE INSURANCE CO	Apr 1993 → May 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 202
Observed power (24 mo): 118
Trailers (towed): 171

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

33.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

255

CA busiest

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

Home base

TURLOCK, CA

2700 WEST MAIN STREET

Top corridor

CA 239 · WA 5 · AZ 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: 3 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 1930689 USDOT 3619512 USDOT 1997286Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (22 trucks · 21 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2335002 USDOT 3225246 USDOT 1460150 USDOT 2940180 USDOT 1930689 USDOT 3218096 USDOT 28406 USDOT 3061161

Shares a company officer with other carriers

richard mello — 4 carriers: USDOT 541309 USDOT 1697049 USDOT 2808863

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

202

Observed (24 mo)

118

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2700 WEST MAIN STREET, TURLOCK, CA, 95380-9537
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (209) 664-3800
Fax: (209) 656-2326
Email: ssmith@northernrefrigerated.com
Web domain: northernrefrigerated.com

Registration

Officers: W. John R. Doidge · Richard Mello
USDOT / docket: 548611 · MC-178289
First registered: Jan 25, 1994
Last MCS-150: Feb 3, 2026 · 10,022,262 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 58266669

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

202

Power units

170

Drivers

170

CDL drivers

10,022,262

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 NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC.

NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 548611) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier received 255 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 181 vehicle-level and 255 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 3, 2026.

It reports 202 power units and 170 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 3, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 548611, and its motor carrier number is MC-178289.

Is NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 3, 2026, NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

NORTHERN REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION INC has a 8.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 400 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).