Carrier profile · USDOT 3784563 · MC-1356033 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CARGO NOVA FREIGHT LLC

DBA 3 LOGISTICS

11 power unitsavg 14.2 yrRegional · 4 statesSAN DIEGO, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1356033 ACTIVE

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 9.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 66 vehicle and 79 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 19.2 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

76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

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

≈3.6 / 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: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 79
Annualized: ≈40 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

35%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

38%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

45%

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 Driving36 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

1False logs

4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 1 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024		1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 26, 2024	CA	0	2	Yes