Carrier profile · USDOT 587180 · MC-13964 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC

99 power unitsavg 13 yrNational · 26 statesROMULUS, MI88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-13964 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

99Power units

54 observed · MCS-150

40Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

13.0Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(734) 879-4458 Email dispatchlsamonie@tantara.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 120 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

99 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

72 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 15.5 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

71 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 99-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 99
Inspections · 24 mo: 72
Annualized: ≈36 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 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$5,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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 ’07 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Federal’94–’02

Discover Property’02–’05

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · FEDERAL INSURANCE CO. · since Oct 1994

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2005 → Sep 2007	$1M	1
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2002 → Sep 2005	$1M	1
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1994 → Sep 2002	$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): 99
Observed power (24 mo): 54
Trailers (towed): 40

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

27.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 26 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MI busiest

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

Home base

ROMULUS, MI

34800 GODDARD RD

Top corridor

MI 20 · CA 7 · MD 6

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 4571894 USDOT 3163005 USDOT 653752Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (25 trucks · 25 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 114607 USDOT 154712 USDOT 3931742 USDOT 3977492 USDOT 4571894 USDOT 3163005 USDOT 871981 USDOT 2460049

Shares a company officer with other carriers

al fisher — 2 carriers: USDOT 4574128

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 34800 GODDARD RD, ROMULUS, MI, 48174-3406
Mailing address: PO BOX 51487, LIVONIA, MI, 48150
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (734) 879-4458
Cell: (734) 564-5491
Email: lsamonie@tantara.com
Web domain: tantara.com

Registration

Officers: Al Fisher · Robert Fisher
USDOT / docket: 587180 · MC-13964
First registered: Jan 17, 1995
Last MCS-150: Nov 6, 2024 · 5,595,420 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 15, 2014
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,595,420

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 TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC.

TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 587180) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load 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 $5,000,000 limit in force from FEDERAL INSURANCE CO. effective Oct 1, 1994 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 72 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 30 vehicle-level and 72 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 10 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 99 power units and 99 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 6, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 15, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 587180, and its motor carrier number is MC-13964.

Is TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 120 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).