Carrier profile · USDOT 541564 · MC-269507 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shark Trucking Inc

126 power unitsavg 10.6 yrMulti-region · 9 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-269507 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

126Power units

118 observed · MCS-150

108Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(281) 458-2649 Email dispatchsales@SHARKTRUCKING.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 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 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

126 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.6 yr

Model years 1997–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

233 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 33.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 194 vehicle and 231 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.9% · 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 10.5 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

229 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 26

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

Registered power units: 126
Inspections · 24 mo: 233
Annualized: ≈117 / 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance101 · 15 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving85 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 23 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 15 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 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: 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 ’25 · 17 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Home State’03–’07

Sentry Select’15–’19

Sentry Select’20–’24

1993200220112020now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Aug 2019 → Aug 2020	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Aug 2019	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2014 → Sep 2015	$750K	2
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2013 → Jul 2014	$750K	1
TORUS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2011 → Jul 2013	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jul 2010 → Jul 2011	$750K	1
UNION INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2009 → Jul 2010	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2007 → Jul 2009	$750K	1
HOME STATE COUNTY MUTUAL INS. CO.	Jul 2003 → Jul 2007	$750K	4
REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2002 → Jul 2003	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2001 → Jul 2002	$750K	1
STATE AND COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS CO	Jul 2000 → Jul 2001	$750K	2
COLONIAL COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1998 → Jul 2000	$750K	3
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1997 → Jul 1998	$750K	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1996 → Jul 1997	$750K	1
RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jul 1995 → Jul 1996	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA	Jul 1993 → Jul 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 126
Observed power (24 mo): 118
Trailers (towed): 108

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

65.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

233

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

12106 MESA DR SUITE A102

Top corridor

TX 185 · OK 25 · LA 14

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: 19 trucks also ran under 10 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 428099 USDOT 125630 USDOT 4240119 USDOT 580265 USDOT 305173 USDOT 3989210 USDOT 2725774 USDOT 38111Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (88 trucks · 64 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1259891 USDOT 2149161 USDOT 3608665 USDOT 759891 USDOT 1243338 USDOT 1941086 USDOT 296052 USDOT 3078202

Shares a company officer with other carriers

gary hoffman — 6 carriers: USDOT 566447 USDOT 644817 USDOT 873870 USDOT 916285 USDOT 1050623

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

126

Observed (24 mo)

118

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: 12106 MESA DR SUITE A102, HOUSTON, TX, 77016
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (281) 458-2649
Email: sales@sharktrucking.com
Web domain: sharktrucking.com

Registration

Officer: Gary Hoffman
USDOT / docket: 541564 · MC-269507
First registered: Nov 4, 1993
Last MCS-150: Feb 23, 2026 · 4,017,693 mi (2021)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 3, 2017
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

126

Power units

121

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,017,693

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 SHARK TRUCKING INC.

SHARK TRUCKING INC (USDOT 541564) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading 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 $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 233 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 194 vehicle-level and 231 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 126 power units and 121 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 23, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 3, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SHARK TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

SHARK TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 541564, and its motor carrier number is MC-269507.

Is SHARK TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

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

What is SHARK TRUCKING INC's safety record?

SHARK TRUCKING INC has a 33.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 304 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is SHARK TRUCKING INC's fleet?

SHARK TRUCKING INC operates 126 power units and 121 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SHARK TRUCKING INC based?

SHARK TRUCKING INC is based in HOUSTON, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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