VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
VAN BAREN CARTAGE CO INC
USDOT 277273 · MC-194132 · 20500 BENSLEY AVENUE, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
—UnratedUnknownVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated August 14, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 4
- USDOT registration inactive — The USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.
- No active operating authority — No active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 5 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- MCS-150 census data outdated — The biennial MCS-150 update is 12.7 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
- Established 40 years — Operating authority has been on file since 1986.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- Inactive
- Contract authority
- Inactive
- Broker authority
- Inactive
- Safety rating
- Satisfactory (Jul 8, 2002)
- Authority age
- 40 yr
- Registered
- Aug 6, 1986
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (219) 845-0600
- keithbruinsma@ameritech.net
- Website
- —
- Address
- 20500 BENSLEY AVENUE, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
Fleet
- Power units
- 5
- Drivers
- 5
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- No
- BIPD limit
- $1M
- Cargo on file
- No
- Cargo limit
- $1M
- Bond on file
- Yes
- Lapses
- 1
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0