Carrier profile · USDOT 3553323 · MC-225438 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

WESTERN PORTS LLC

23 power unitsLocal · 1 statesRENTON, WA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-225438 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

23Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

1Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.0Avg age (yr)

2011–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(206) 762-2600 Email dispatchsafety@westernports.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 27, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate well above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average100.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Not enough inspection history to rate3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

23 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo

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

Vehicle OOS 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 23-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
399.207 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 12 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

State Pennsylvania’03–’07

Western National’11–’14

Northland’20–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 18 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 18 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Aug 2025	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Sep 2024	$1M	5
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2019 → Aug 2020	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2018 → Aug 2019	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2016 → Aug 2018	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2014 → Aug 2016	$1M	2
WESTERN NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2011 → Aug 2014	$1M	2
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2010 → Aug 2011	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2009 → Aug 2010	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Feb 2008 → Aug 2009	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2007 → Feb 2008	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2003 → Aug 2007	$1M	4
TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Aug 2003	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2001 → Aug 2002	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 1999 → Aug 2001	$1M	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1997 → Apr 1999	$1M	2
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1996 → Apr 1997	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 1994 → Apr 1996	$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): 23
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 1

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

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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

WA busiest

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

Home base

RENTON, WA

1201 MONSTER ROAD SW SUITE 230

Top corridor

WA 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (1 truck · 1 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2557329

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@westernports.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 375923 USDOT 1263634

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: 1201 MONSTER ROAD SW SUITE 230, RENTON, WA, 98057
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (206) 762-2600
Fax: (206) 767-9088
Email: safety@westernports.com
Web domain: westernports.com

Registration

Officers: Patti Downey-Ward · Doug Mergenthaler
USDOT / docket: 3553323 · MC-225438
First registered: Jan 19, 2021
Last MCS-150: Jan 23, 2026 · 276,444 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

276,444

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 WESTERN PORTS LLC.

WESTERN PORTS LLC (USDOT 3553323) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jun 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 27, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 100.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 27, 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 27, 2026.

It reports 23 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 23, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WESTERN PORTS LLC's USDOT number?

WESTERN PORTS LLC's USDOT number is 3553323, and its motor carrier number is MC-225438.

Is WESTERN PORTS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 27, 2026, WESTERN PORTS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WESTERN PORTS LLC's safety record?

WESTERN PORTS LLC has a 100.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 10 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.