Carrier profile · USDOT 846362 · MC-369166 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Premier Vehicle Transport Inc

21 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesAUGUSTA, GA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-369166 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

21Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.3Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(706) 832-7707 Email dispatchmnpremiervt@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

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

Watch · 2

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 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1999.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

21 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.3 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1999 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

37 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 21.4%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 — 14 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 12.9 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 5

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

Registered power units: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 37
Annualized: ≈19 / 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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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 ’23 · 13 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Maxum’08–’11

Travelers Property’14–’20

United States’23–now

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Nov 2023

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2023 → Nov 2023	$750K	1
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2021 → Nov 2023	$750K	1
THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Sep 2020 → Nov 2021	$750K	1
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Nov 2014 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2013 → Dec 2014	$750K	2
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Nov 2011 → Nov 2013	$750K	2
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2008 → Nov 2011	$750K	2
TRANSPORT INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2007 → Nov 2008	$750K	1
TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2007 → Nov 2007	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2006 → Mar 2007	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2005 → Nov 2005	$750K	2
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2003 → Nov 2005	$750K	10
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2002 → Nov 2003	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2001 → Nov 2002	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 21
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

44.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 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

AUGUSTA, GA

3301 PERKINS RD

Top corridor

GA 11 · SC 7 · NC 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 (5 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4213742 USDOT 2795973 USDOT 3815110 USDOT 4349890 USDOT 3623725

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 3301 PERKINS RD, AUGUSTA, GA, 30906-3813
Mailing address: P O BOX 1415, EVANS, GA, 30809
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (706) 832-7707
Fax: (706) 814-6963
Email: mnpremiervt@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Michael Nelms
USDOT / docket: 846362 · MC-369166
First registered: Dec 29, 1999
Last MCS-150: Mar 7, 2026 · 997,027 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 23, 2009
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

997,027

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 PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC.

PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 846362) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Nov 22, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 37 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 37 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 21 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 23, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 846362, and its motor carrier number is MC-369166.

Is PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC has a 21.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 62 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).

How big is PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC operates 21 power units and 17 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC based?

PREMIER VEHICLE TRANSPORT INC is based in AUGUSTA, GA, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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