Carrier profile · USDOT 230991 · MC-176957 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Watkins and Shepard Trucking Inc

DBA WATKINS SHEPARD

18 power unitsMISSOULA, MT80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-176957 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Authority & Insurance

Active operating authority by type and the full insurance continuity timeline — insurer, policy, coverage, and any lapses — so you can confirm they can legally and adequately haul your load today.

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$0 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

$0 in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $0 is below the $750K general-freight federal minimum — verify before tendering.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’18 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National’93–’97

Great West’97–’00

American Trucking’02–’16

General America’16–now

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Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $0 · GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA · since Mar 2018

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Oct 2016 → Mar 2018	$1M	2
AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG	Sep 2002 → Oct 2016	$1M	3
ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2000 → Sep 2000	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 1997 → Oct 2000	$1M	1
NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION	Sep 1993 → Sep 1997	$1M	1