CABLE TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 224463 MC# 164407 DUNS# 38552261 Catawba, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(828) 241-6053 jamiesmith@commscope.com 6519 Commscope Rd, Catawba NC 28609-8104
32 power units 34 drivers 3.2M mi/yr · ~100k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 38.9 / 100
Moderate confidence
44 yrs history · 81 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
32
Drivers · CDL
34 · 34
Annual miles
3.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 3 26 0 29
Trailers 68 0 0 68

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (11-30-1989) · 36 yr old
Registered
11-01-1982 (44 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-12-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KYLE LORENTZEN
Officer
CHUCK TREADWAY

Cargo

59.5
medium risk
General Freight Other: ROLL CABLE
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.34×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.8 vs 1.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.8
Similar fleets
1.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~5%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 6 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.4 a year. The grade counts 8 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.51×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.52× and violations 0.61× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -15%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Nov 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and cargo securement
    Brakes are 20 of 36 violations (56%). Brake or cargo securement defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 11.8% vs 22.3% national; driver 1.2% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 75% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 4

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
6
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
81
75% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
11.8%
4 of 34
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.2%
1 of 81
National avg 6.7%
Violations
36
7 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 12 inspections, 1 out of service 12 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.109 0.027
Inspections 1.64 1.02
Violations 0.56 0.71
Critical violations 0.05 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

36 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    25 · 5 OOS
    Brakes 20 · Cargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 4 · Speeding 1 · Other 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • May
    12
    2026
    Kentucky
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    1
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Feb
    21
    2026
    Maryland
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Oct
    17
    2025
    Massachusetts
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    26
    2025
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Dark - unknown roadway lighting. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jul
    22
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
primary $2,000,000 + excess $1,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jul 25, 2015 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 1992
Cargo filing
on file · INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA since Dec 27, 2007
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 5, 1992)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • North Carolina (HQ) 34
  • New Mexico 8
  • Texas 6
  • Georgia 3
  • Indiana 3
  • Kentucky 3
  • Arkansas 2
  • Maryland 2

42% of inspections were in its home state.