Carrier profile · USDOT 2559657 · MC-892932 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

K & E Transportation LLC

10 power unitsavg 7.1 yrRegional · 5 statesHAMILTON, OH80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-892932 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.1Avg age (yr)

2016–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(513) 816-8022 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average80.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average10.0% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo80.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.1 yr

Model years 2016–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — 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 80.00% on 5 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
27 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 20, 2026.

Safety

10 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 16, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 80.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · 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 20.0 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '26 · 3

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 10-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
177.834 Other violationOther1 · 1 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: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’19 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

beyond this history

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2018 → Aug 2019	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Dec 2016	$750K	3
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Dec 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 16, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.1 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 16, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Kentucky: 6 inspections
Florida: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections

Home base

HAMILTON, OH

6099 SPRING LAKE DR

Most inspections: KY

6 inspections

KY 6 · FL 1 · MO 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 16, 2026

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4140129 USDOT 2244717 USDOT 3706627 USDOT 3139125Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2244717 USDOT 3506879 USDOT 3327 USDOT 3706627 USDOT 3253957 USDOT 3519782 USDOT 3314314 USDOT 109745

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 16, 2026

Location

Physical address: 6099 SPRING LAKE DR, HAMILTON, OH, 45011
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (513) 816-8022
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Kibrom Abraham
USDOT / docket: 2559657 · MC-892932
First registered: Nov 19, 2014
Last MCS-150: Sep 15, 2026 · 1 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

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 16, 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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80%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 5 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

43violation records

10OOS-tagged records

4 of 5inspections 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.

Hours of service

2711%3 / 27

Other vehicle maintenance

786%6 / 7

Brakes

30%0 / 3

Lights

30%0 / 3

Unsafe driving

20%0 / 2

Other / unclassified

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

80%

15%

30%

n/aOct 24 to Apr 250 / 0

n/aApr 25 to Oct 250 / 0

n/aOct 25 to Apr 260 / 0

80%Apr 26 to Oct 264 / 5

Top 3 codes (17 of 43 records)

395.8F7-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing7
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6
395.3AII Driving beyond hours-of-service limits4

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395.8F12-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
395.8D5-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
177.834A-HMC Other violation1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3I-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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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 K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC.

K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2559657) 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 common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 16, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 19, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 80.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 16, 2026.

The carrier received 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 16, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 16, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 15, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 16, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 2559657, and its motor carrier number is MC-892932.

Is K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 16, 2026. K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

K & E TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 80.0% 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's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).