Carrier profile · USDOT 515580 · MC-262231 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC

329 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 41 statesEL PASO, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-262231 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

329Power units

230 observed · MCS-150

371Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.5Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(915) 542-1495 Email dispatchRABDELJABER@RUSSELLTRANSPORT.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 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 1993.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 1164 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

17 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

17 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

329 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.5 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

736 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 20.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 456 vehicle and 736 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.3% · 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 7.4 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

701 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 42

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

Registered power units: 329
Inspections · 24 mo: 736
Annualized: ≈368 / 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 Driving202 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance100 · 19 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance95 · 31 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance95 · 68 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance88 · 18 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance43 · 17 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance37 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance35 · 3 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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 · 14 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

State County’96–’01

Zurich American’01–’06

1st Security’06–’13

United Specialty’22–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 19 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Jun 2025	$1M	3
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2022	$1M	2
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$1M	2
COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2018 → Jun 2019	$1M	3
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jul 2017	$1M	1
COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Apr 2018	$1M	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jun 2017	$1M	8
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Jun 2014 → Jun 2015	$1M	4
1ST SECURITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Oct 2013 → Jan 2015	$1M	1
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2013 → Jun 2014	$1M	1
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	Jun 2011 → Jun 2013	$1M	3
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → Jun 2011	$1M	1
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Oct 2010	$1M	1
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2008 → Oct 2009	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2006 → Oct 2008	$1M	2
1ST SECURITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION	Jan 2006 → Oct 2013	$1M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2001 → Oct 2006	$1M	5
STATE AND COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS CO	Oct 1996 → Oct 2001	$1M	3
THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1994 → Oct 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 329
Observed power (24 mo): 230
Trailers (towed): 371

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

60.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 41 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

731

NM busiest

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

Home base

EL PASO, TX

12365 PINE SPRINGS

Top corridor

NM ⇄ TX

NM 221 · TX 166 · CA 71

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: 37 trucks also ran under 18 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 557341 USDOT 779973 USDOT 818175 USDOT 4200920 USDOT 4365735 USDOT 258923 USDOT 3088669 USDOT 1692179Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 58 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1461512 USDOT 1493972 USDOT 2368415 USDOT 2380911 USDOT 4092938 USDOT 557341 USDOT 2953789 USDOT 3685909

Shares a company officer with other carriers

rosa martin — 3 carriers: USDOT 1802626 USDOT 2497342

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

329

Observed (24 mo)

230

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 12365 PINE SPRINGS, EL PASO, TX, 79928
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (915) 542-1495
Cell: (915) 479-0034
Fax: (915) 356-3980
Email: rabdeljaber@russelltransport.com
Web domain: russelltransport.com

Registration

Officers: Rosa Martin · Rami Abdeljaber
USDOT / docket: 515580 · MC-262231
First registered: Mar 9, 1993
Last MCS-150: Jan 14, 2025 · 21,670,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 17, 2014
D-U-N-S: 878885458

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

329

Power units

304

Drivers

—CDL drivers

21,670,000

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 RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC.

RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 515580) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 736 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 456 vehicle-level and 736 driver-level — across 41 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 17 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 329 power units and 304 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 14, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 17, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 515580, and its motor carrier number is MC-262231.

Is RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

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

What is RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

RUSSELL TRANSPORT INC has a 20.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,164 roadside inspections, with 17 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).