Carrier profile · USDOT 2305744 · MC-787190 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Blue Dolphin Transport Inc

DBA EXPEDITED TRANS

105 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 23 statesOPA LOCKA, FL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-787190 ACTIVE
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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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.8% · 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 3.5 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

141 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 11

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 105-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
150
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 20 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 48 total · 19 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025110310
20247136
20232002
20223003
20213003
20202012
20192011
20172012
20163003
20155025
20144013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026FL01Yes
May 16, 2026TN00Yes
May 2, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 14, 2026LA00Yes
Oct 19, 2025FL01No
Sep 28, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 15, 2025AZ02Yes
Aug 28, 2025WV00Yes
Jul 27, 2025AZ00Yes
May 29, 2025TX00Yes
May 21, 2025KY00Yes
Apr 18, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 16, 2025FL01Yes
Mar 26, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 28, 2024AZ00Yes
Nov 4, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 24, 2024TX10Yes
Aug 15, 2024FL01No
Jun 9, 2024MI04Yes
May 30, 2024VA01Yes
Feb 17, 2024TX00Yes
May 19, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2022MD00Yes