Carrier profile · USDOT 461965 · MC-248896 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

U S Bulk Transport Inc

133 power unitsavg 12.1 yrNational · 26 statesERIE, PA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-248896 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

133Power units

97 observed · MCS-150

91Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.1Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(814) 824-9949 Email dispatchinfo@usbulktransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 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 35 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1991.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 276 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

133 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.1 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

34 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1991 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

148 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 15.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 148 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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

141 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 11

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 133-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 133
Inspections · 24 mo: 148
Annualized: ≈74 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving99 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 15 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 11 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$2,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Commerce Industry’92–’96

Zurich’98–’13

Great West’13–’21

Lexington’13–’17

Great West’13–’21

National Fire’17–’22

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO · since Oct 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2023 → Oct 2025	$5M	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2021 → Oct 2023	$5M	1
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2017 → May 2022	$5M	4
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2013 → Dec 2021	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2013 → Jan 2017	$5M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2013 → Nov 2021	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2012 → Dec 2013	$5M	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1998 → Dec 2013	$5M	1
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE	Dec 1995 → Dec 1998	$5M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Dec 1995 → Dec 1995	$5M	1
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE	Dec 1992 → Apr 1996	$5M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 133
Observed power (24 mo): 97
Trailers (towed): 91

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

36.2%

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

148

IN busiest

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

Home base

ERIE, PA

205 PENNBRIAR DRIVE

Top corridor

IN ⇄ PA

IN 18 · OH 18 · PA 16

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: 5 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3898523 USDOT 4262537 USDOT 2508026 USDOT 348083 USDOT 1237221 USDOT 2309975Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (70 trucks · 64 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2312635 USDOT 3898523 USDOT 4262537 USDOT 348083 USDOT 3438898 USDOT 3817519 USDOT 71052 USDOT 3420361

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@usbulktransport.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 975290 USDOT 3328183

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

133

Observed (24 mo)

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: 205 PENNBRIAR DRIVE, ERIE, PA, 16509
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (814) 824-9949
Fax: (814) 824-4610
Email: info@usbulktransport.com
Web domain: usbulktransport.com

Registration

Officers: Miriam Thomas · Craig Goodelle
USDOT / docket: 461965 · MC-248896
First registered: Oct 28, 1991
Last MCS-150: Mar 10, 2026 · 8,200,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 1, 2009
D-U-N-S: 556354074

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

133

Power units

133

Drivers

133

CDL drivers

8,200,000

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 U S BULK TRANSPORT INC.

U S BULK TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 461965) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO effective Oct 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 15.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 148 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 82 vehicle-level and 148 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 133 power units and 133 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 10, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 1, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is U S BULK TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

U S BULK TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 461965, and its motor carrier number is MC-248896.

Is U S BULK TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, U S BULK TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is U S BULK TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

U S BULK TRANSPORT INC has a 15.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 276 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).