Carrier profile · USDOT 2770568 · MC-61852 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SMG CARRIERS INC

10 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 6 statesOCEANSIDE, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-61852 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.0Avg age (yr)

2007–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(760) 277-2042 Email dispatchsmgcarriersinc@hotmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 118 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

6 yr

Model years 2007–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

68 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 8.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 4.1 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 68
Annualized: ≈34 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.4 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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 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: None

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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United Specialty’17–’18

Qualitas’18–’19

Watford’19–’20

Qualitas’20–’21

Qualitas’22–’24

Ms Transverse’24–’25

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2022 → Dec 2024	$750K	3
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	3
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	2
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$750K	3
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

92.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

OCEANSIDE, CA

5660 ROANE DR

Top corridor

CA 48 · WA 6 · OR 3

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3677585 USDOT 3931970 USDOT 2922573 USDOT 156237

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: 5660 ROANE DR, OCEANSIDE, CA, 92057
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (760) 277-2042
Email: smgcarriersinc@hotmail.com

Registration

Officer: Sergio Marentes Jr
USDOT / docket: 2770568 · MC-61852
First registered: Jul 1, 2015
Last MCS-150: Dec 11, 2025 · 1,431,384 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

1,431,384

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 SMG CARRIERS INC.

SMG CARRIERS INC (USDOT 2770568) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 21, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 68 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 45 vehicle-level and 66 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 13 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 11, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SMG CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

SMG CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 2770568, and its motor carrier number is MC-61852.

Is SMG CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is SMG CARRIERS INC's safety record?

SMG CARRIERS INC has a 8.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 118 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).