Carrier profile · USDOT 2331239 · MC-796049 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Black Sea Transportation LLC

60 power unitsavg 10.2 yrNational · 40 statesST CHARLES, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-796049 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksblackseallc.netFMCSA SAFER

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 20.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 264 vehicle and 347 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.3% · 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 2.1 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

339 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 27

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
347
Annualized
≈174 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance76 · 56 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance66 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 19 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
15False logs
5Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 7 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263012
20252002
20245035
20232012
20224024
20218037
20204024
20191011
20182012
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 1, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 30, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 15, 2026PA01No
Sep 11, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 10, 2025MD00Yes
Dec 10, 2024RI01Yes
Aug 27, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 31, 2024KY00Yes
May 16, 2024TX02Yes
Mar 22, 2024IA00Yes
May 23, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2023NE01Yes
Jul 29, 2022OK01Yes
May 22, 2022AR00Yes
May 2, 2022TN00Yes
Apr 15, 2022IL01Yes
Nov 27, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 15, 2021KY00Yes
Sep 17, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 9, 2021PA00Yes
Jun 18, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 29, 2021MO01Yes
Mar 24, 2021IL01Yes
Mar 18, 2021MD02No
Jun 7, 2020OK02Yes