Carrier profile · USDOT 976594 · MC-444749 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Douglas E Barnes Transport Inc

DBA DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT

24 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 3 statesSTANFIELD, NC80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-444749 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

24Power units

22 observed · MCS-150

19Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.3Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(704) 888-3002 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average58.3% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes12 crashes involving injuries are on record.

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 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo58.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

24 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.3 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 58.33% on 12 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

34 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 58.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 13.7 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 5

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 24
Inspections · 24 mo: 34
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

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 ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wilshire’13–’17

Stonewood’17–’19

Stonewood’23–’26

2012201620202024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2026 → Feb 2026	$1M	2
STONEWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2023 → Feb 2026	$1M	4
INTEGON INDEMNITY CORPORATION	Apr 2022 → Feb 2023	$1M	11
NEW SOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Apr 2022	$1M	2
INTEGON INDEMNITY CORPORATION	Feb 2021 → Feb 2022	$1M	7
STONEWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2020 → Feb 2021	$1M	2
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2019 → Feb 2020	$1M	5
STONEWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2017 → Feb 2019	$1M	6
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2017	$1M	10
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2013	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 14, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 24
Observed power (24 mo): 22
Trailers (towed): 19

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

73.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 14, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

North Carolina: 26 inspections
South Carolina: 7 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections

Home base

STANFIELD, NC

8987 OAK GROVE RD

Most inspections: NC

26 inspections

NC 26 · SC 7 · GA 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 14, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 328463Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3128730 USDOT 1478376 USDOT 3327442 USDOT 328463 USDOT 1472441 USDOT 4361214 USDOT 4385464 USDOT 3743973

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 14, 2026

Location

Physical address: 8987 OAK GROVE RD, STANFIELD, NC, 28163
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (704) 888-3002
Fax: (704) 888-3777
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Douglas E Barnes
USDOT / docket: 976594 · MC-444749
First registered: Sep 6, 2001
Last MCS-150: Feb 28, 2025 · 1,569,466 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 929624179

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,569,466

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 14, 2026

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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58%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

7 of 12 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

31violation records

7OOS-tagged records

7 of 12inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

150%0 / 15

Other vehicle maintenance

1450%7 / 14

Lights

20%0 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

100%Oct 24 to Apr 252 / 2

0%Apr 25 to Oct 250 / 1

50%Oct 25 to Apr 261 / 2

57%Apr 26 to Oct 264 / 7

Top 3 codes (9 of 31 records)

392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)3
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3

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392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2PK State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipment1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75A1-TAORETA Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC.

DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 976594) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 26, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 58.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier received 34 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 34 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It reports 24 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 28, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 976594, and its motor carrier number is MC-444749.

Is DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026. DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

DOUGLAS E BARNES TRANSPORT INC has a 58.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 59 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).