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DOT 152518 is operated by CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC out of Coal City, IL. This profile shows verified operating authority, current insurance, observed equipment, and recent inspection activity joined into one card so brokers can verify the carrier in one tab.
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CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC holds active federal broker authority (142059). Whether a surety bond is on file, the bond amount versus the $75,000 BMC-84 floor, and any authority revocations are shown in the broker-vetting section on this page — check them before you haul, since a bonded, active broker is the baseline signal you can expect to get paid.
Operating authority is verified against the live public registry and refreshed daily. Current status: ACTIVE. "active" means the carrier is authorized to operate; "inactive" or "out-of-service" indicates the carrier should not be hauling.
Liability and cargo insurance status is drawn from the latest filings on record. Current status: active. We mark a carrier "lapsed" when the most recent cancellation date is in the past with no superseding policy.
CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC was last inspected on 2026-08-20. We've recorded 175 inspections in the trailing 12 months.
CARDINAL TRANSPORT INC is registered as 142059. Many brokers reference carriers by MC; both identifiers resolve to the same carrier record.
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Evidence, severity, and resolution notes for each signal on this carrier.
Not enough claim reports yet
0 of 3 brokers needed before claims history unlocks
Claims stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker's claims can be picked out of the aggregate.
Inferred from consecutive inspection states per truck. Use these as a starting point for backhaul or rep prospecting.
Not enough reports yet
0 of 3 brokers needed before rates unlock
Rates stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker’s loads can be picked out of the aggregate.
No community reports for this carrier. Had a fraud or cargo-theft incident? Your report warns the whole network within minutes.
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Not enough broker-reported loads yet — this score unlocks as brokers report load outcomes. Aggregates appear once 3+ brokerages have reported on this carrier (0 loads from 0 brokerages so far).
Aggregate rating unlocks at 3 reviewing workspaces — 0 so far. Individual reviews appear below as they're published.
No published reviews yet. Worked with this carrier? Your review starts the record.
Current reported fleet · as of Oct 2025. A trend line appears once a second filing is on record.
Consider with verification — at least one signal needs review.
power units (MCS-150)
distinct VINs in inspections
175 inspections, 12mo
most recent roadside record
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · policy KCA 2600781
LEXON INSURANCE COMPANY · policy LICX1209899
These are our estimates from local roadside-inspection history; FMCSA hasn't published measures for this carrier yet (see #1000).
Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance percentiles aren't published in the public SMS downloads today (see #832).
Signals are precursor patterns, not proof of fraud. Verify before acting — and if a flag looks wrong, dispute it from its row.
The reverse check: whether this freight broker is legit, bonded, and safe to haul for — before you take the load.
Serious payment-risk signals are firing on this broker. Don't haul for them without resolving these first — on this data you may not get paid.
Based on public FMCSA registration, surety-bond, and revocation records. We don't have broker payment-history data — this checks that the broker is authorized and bonded, not that they always pay on time.
Matched on equipment mix, fleet-size band, and home state.
A truck VIN on this carrier was run under 3 different DOTs in overlapping windows — the cloned-truck / VIN-under-multiple-MCs pattern.
This carrier's contact domain (cardinaltransport.com) was registered 1996-12-24, long after its operating authority — a freshly-stood-up domain on an older MC is a reactivated-shell signal.