CARGO TRANSPORTERS INC

USDOT 257768 · Doing business as CARGO TRANSPORTERS

Active

Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (500 power units) — safety rating: satisfactory.

USDOT257768
MC NumberMC-161652
Fleet500 power units
Drivers513
Phone8284593200
LocationClaremont, NC

Vetting summary

At a glance

  • Out-of-service rate2.1% vs 19.1% national avg
  • Crashes (24 months)51 reported — involvement does not imply fault
  • Linked registrations1 share this carrier's phone or address

These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.

Registration

Carrier identity

USDOT Number257768
MC NumberMC-161652
Legal NameCARGO TRANSPORTERS INC
DBA NameCARGO TRANSPORTERS
Entity TypeCORPORATION
Phone8284593200
Address3390 NORTH OXFORD ST, Claremont, NC, 28610-0850

Status

Authority & safety

Operating StatusActive
Operation TypeInterstate
Safety RatingS — Satisfactory (rated 19930827)
Hazmat Flagfalse

Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.

Our scoring

Safety scores

Unsafe Driving
81 / 100
Hours-of-Service Compliance
82 / 100
Driver Fitness
86 / 100
Controlled Substances & Alcohol
0 / 100
Vehicle Maintenance
64 / 100

Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.

Safety events

Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)

Inspections1362
Out-of-Service Rate2.1% vs 19.1% national average
Crashes51 total (3 fatal, 19 with injuries, 49 towaway)
  • 2026-05-07 — NJ — towaway
  • 2026-05-06 — IN — 1 injured, towaway
  • 2026-04-28 — MN — towaway
  • 2026-04-13 — OH — 2 injured, towaway
  • 2026-04-09 — KS — 1 injured, towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 12 (61), 16 (46), 47 (20).

Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.

Signals

Linked registrations

1 other active carrier registration share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.

USDOT 2243018

Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.

Equipment

Fleet & operations

Power Units (trucks)500
Drivers513
Recent Annual Mileage48,901,588
Last MCS-150 Filing20-APR-26

CARGO TRANSPORTERS INC operates 500 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in NC.

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