Carrier profile · USDOT 502313 · MC-258158 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Aqua Gulf Xpress LLC

100 power unitsavg 10.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesJACKSONVILLE, FL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258158 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.6 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 10

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 100-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 86 total · 8 in 24 mo

86
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253003
20246006
20232002
20222002
20213012
20206026
20192002
20174024
20161001
20155005
20144024
20134014
20123123
20113003
20105015
20091001
20081001
20073013
20061011
20043121
20032012
20024014
20013022
20002002
19992002
19983022
19972011
19962002
19951001
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026AL00Yes
May 8, 2026FL00Yes
Aug 26, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 15, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 15, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 12, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 19, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 12, 2024GA00Yes
May 14, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 6, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 11, 2023FL00Yes
Jun 2, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 28, 2022GA00Yes
Mar 8, 2022GA00Yes
Oct 8, 2021GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2021SC00Yes
Jan 26, 2021FL01No
Dec 11, 2020SC01Yes
Oct 2, 2020GA00Yes
May 19, 2020GA00Yes
Apr 17, 2020MS00Yes
Feb 20, 2020SC00Yes
Jan 21, 2020GA01Yes
Nov 15, 2019FL00Yes