Public carrier record · USDOT 12330

HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC

Edinburgh, IN · MC 67841

HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC (USDOT 12330, MC 67841) operates 92 power units with 72 drivers from Edinburgh, Indiana hauling general freight, and metal sheets, coils and rolls. Roadside inspections recorded 68 different power units by VIN, in line with its reported fleet of 92. Its vehicles were inspected 123 times over two years, most in Texas.

From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus

AuthorityActive2 active · since Jan 2007
Insurance2 on fileinsurance filings
Safety ratingSatisfactoryJun 28, 2012
Power units92as reported
Drivers72as reported
Inspections123latest Sep 19, 2026

Company identity and reported operations

Public census details for USDOT 12330
USDOT number12330
Legal nameHORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC
Doing business as / DBANot reported
MC docket identifiersMC 67841
Reported physical address6579 SOUTH US 31, EDINBURGH, IN, 46124, US
Reported business phone(812) 526-3380
Reported power units92
Reported drivers72
Reported MCS-150 dateApr 22, 2026
Company officers (as filed)Keelie Perkins
Carrier operationInterstate
Entity typeCarrier, Broker
Hazmat indicatorNo
Business organization (recorded at review)Corporation
Latest FMCSA reviewCompliance review · Apr 19, 2012
Census status codeA
Safety ratingSatisfactory
Safety rating dateJun 28, 2012

Fleet, equipment and drivers

HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.

11,525,105Reported annual miles (2025)
125,273Miles per power unit, calculated
72Drivers with a CDL of 72

Equipment by ownership

Owned Term Trip
  • Tractors9290 owned · 2 term-leased
  • Trailers298298 owned

Drivers by operating radius

72 reported
  • Interstate, 100+ mi6286%
  • Interstate, under 100 mi00%
  • Intrastate, 100+ mi00%
  • Intrastate, under 100 mi1014%

Seen at roadside

last 24 months
68power units identified by VIN
92power units reported
86trailers identified by VIN
  • Freightliner5987%
  • Kenworth46%
  • Peterbilt34%
  • Frtv11%
  • Volvo11%

68 tractors

Each vehicle is counted once, by the VIN recorded at inspection; the VINs are not shown. Leased and shared vehicles can make this differ from the reported fleet.

No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.

Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.

Public inspection, violation and crash summary

FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.

Out-of-service rates

All carriers
  • Driver inspections0.8%1 of 123All carriers: 6.2%
  • Vehicle inspections14.9%10 of 67All carriers: 22.9%

Share of this carrier’s recorded roadside inspections that ended in an out-of-service order. The marker is the rate across every carrier in the same public file.

Inspections by month

Latest Sep 19, 2026
Sep 2024Sep 2026

Where it was inspected

18 states
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Most inspections: TX 39 · IN 27 · MO 13 · IL 12 · AR 7 · KY 5

123 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 18 states and provinces. Inspected in 23 of 25 months; busiest Nov 2025 with 10.

Inspections123
Driver out-of-service rate0.8% (1 of 123)
Vehicle out-of-service rate14.9% (10 of 67)
Violations88 across 53 inspections
Out-of-service violations11
Crashes9
Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes0 / 3 / 9
Fatalities / injuries reported0 / 4

Most frequent published violation codes

  • 3922SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit7
  • 39345B2UVBrake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle6
  • 3922SLLLRState/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation4
  • 39216DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV3
  • 3922SLLILCState/Local Laws - Improper lane change3

Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.

Reported cargo and business classification

HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 4 cargo categories.

  • General freight
  • Metal sheets, coils and rolls
  • Chemicals
  • Other: AUTO PARTS

Record dates and observed changes

Added to the census (not company founding date)
Jun 01, 1974
Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
Apr 22, 2026
Census source publication
Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
First observed by CarrierTrail
Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC

Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.

Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.

No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.

Authority and insurance

Authority filings

MC67841Active

Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)

First granted
Jan 29, 2007 19 yrs
BIPD required / on file
$0 / $1,000,000
Cargo insurance
Not required
Bond or trust fund
Required · on file
MC67841Active

Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)

First granted
Jan 29, 2007 19 yrs
BIPD required / on file
$750,000 / $1,000,000
Cargo insurance
Not required
Bond or trust fund
Not required

Insurance filings

DocketInsurerCoverageEffective dateFormPolicy
MC67841Great West Casualty Co$1,000,000Oct 01, 2016BMC-91XMCP26013A
MC67841Pacific Financial Association, Inc$75,000Oct 30, 2013BMC-85NONE

Process agent (BOC-3)

  • National Resident Agent Services, Inc.West Chester, PA · MC67841

The company the carrier designated to receive legal papers in each state, as filed on its BOC-3.

Operating authority timeline

Status changes and notices recorded against HORIZON FREIGHT LINES INC’s operating authority dockets, newest first, from the FMCSA authority history and notices datasets.

  1. GrantedMC67841 · Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)
  2. Discontinued RevocationMC67841 · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)

A notice or status line describes the docket, not the reason behind it. Check Motus for the current status before booking.

Shared contact details

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