Carrier profile · USDOT 285668 · MC-171170 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Blue Star Charters & Tours Inc

DBA BLUE STAR

0 power unitsavg 16.4 yrLocal · 1 statesPORTLAND, OR100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-171170 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbluestarbus.comFMCSA 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 7

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 9 total · 0 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20222002
20181001
20161001
20151011
20121001
20081010
20071010
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2022OR00Yes
Mar 11, 2022OR00Yes
Jun 26, 2018OR00Yes
May 26, 2016OR00Yes
Dec 4, 2015OR01Yes
Dec 18, 2012WA00Yes
Jul 25, 2008OR01No
Aug 3, 2007OR01No
Jan 15, 2005OR00Yes