Carrier profile · USDOT 1076336 · MC-317018 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Blue Water Oil Transport LLC

DBA FLT & COB-ASH

43 power unitsavg 9.8 yrRegional · 3 statesRICHMOND, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-317018 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksfosteroil.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 5.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.4 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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 43-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 26 total · 4 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261111
20251001
20242012
20232002
20203003
20193003
20172002
20151001
20144024
20131001
20091001
20074013
20041101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026MI11Yes
Feb 24, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 14, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 29, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 27, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 30, 2020MI00Yes
Oct 21, 2020MI00Yes
May 19, 2020MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2019MI00Yes
Jul 15, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 19, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2017MI00Yes
Jan 3, 2017MI00Yes
Nov 23, 2015MI00Yes
Nov 25, 2014MI03Yes
Oct 23, 2014MI02Yes
Jun 7, 2014MI00Yes
Jan 16, 2014MI00Yes
Oct 22, 2013MI00Yes
Jan 10, 2009MI00Yes
Dec 16, 2007MI01No
Oct 16, 2007MI00Yes
May 24, 2007MI00Yes
Mar 21, 2007MI00Yes