Carrier profile · USDOT 714517 · MC-328611 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC

5 power unitsavg 13.3 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-328611 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

13.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 666-5200 Email dispatchLYNDA@TIGERTRANSPORTATION.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileDriver out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13.3 yr

Model years 1997–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

14 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 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 6.7 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 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$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$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 · 13 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Old American’02–’06

State Pennsylvania’17–’21

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2022 → Jul 2023	$750K	3
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2021 → Jul 2022	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jul 2017 → Jul 2021	$750K	6
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2015 → Jul 2017	$750K	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Feb 2015 → Jul 2015	$750K	2
LIBERTY INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS	Feb 2014 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
LIBERTY INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS	Feb 2013 → Feb 2013	$750K	3
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2011 → Feb 2013	$750K	1
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2010 → Feb 2011	$750K	1
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD	Feb 2009 → Feb 2010	$750K	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2008 → Feb 2009	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Feb 2008 → Feb 2008	$750K	1
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2007 → Feb 2008	$750K	3
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2006 → Feb 2006	$750K	3
OLD AMERICAN COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS COMPANY	Jan 2002 → Feb 2006	$750K	10
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2001 → Jan 2002	$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): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.3 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

37.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

7000 TELEPHONE ROAD

Top corridor

TX 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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 213641Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3732172 USDOT 1174841 USDOT 213641 USDOT 2926913 USDOT 3381305

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: 7000 TELEPHONE ROAD, HOUSTON, TX, 77061
Mailing address: PO BOX 2396, BELLAIRE, TX, 77402-2396
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (713) 666-5200
Fax: (713) 666-4848
Email: lynda@tigertransportation.com
Web domain: tigertransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Gaston Kroneman - President
USDOT / docket: 714517 · MC-328611
First registered: Nov 17, 1997
Last MCS-150: May 1, 2025 · 250,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 26, 2001
D-U-N-S: 20658725

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

250,000

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 TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC.

TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 714517) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and 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 CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 14 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 14 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 1, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 26, 2001 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 714517, and its motor carrier number is MC-328611.

Is TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

TIGER TRANSPORTATION INC has a 21.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 20 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).