Carrier profile · USDOT 2481232 · MC-883007 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

RLS Specialized Transport Inc

14 power unitsavg 8.8 yrMulti-region · 12 statesLAREDO, TX90/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-883007 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

14Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

19Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.8Avg age (yr)

2004–2022 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 712-8101 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average9.4% vs the 6.7% national average.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo17.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

14 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.8 yr

Model years 2004–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

32 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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28 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 6, 2026.

Safety

32 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 17.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 19.8 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 4

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 14
Inspections · 24 mo: 32
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

American Millennium’16–’18

Knight Specialty’18–’21

Trisura Specialty’22–’24

Bricktown Specialty’24–’26

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BRICKTOWN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2026	$750K	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2024	$750K	2
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2022	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2018 → May 2021	$750K	5
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	May 2016 → May 2018	$750K	3
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	1
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Sep 2014 → May 2015	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 14
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 19

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.8 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

90.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 18 inspections
Iowa: 3 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections

Home base

LAREDO, TX

310 BOOMTOWN ST

Most inspections: TX

18 inspections

TX 18 · IA 3 · AR 2

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 5, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 677483 USDOT 4254670Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (14 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2525223 USDOT 4214117 USDOT 677483 USDOT 2511669 USDOT 2846724 USDOT 3879939 USDOT 34666 USDOT 3920098

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@rlsint.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 1940027 USDOT 2493528

Shares a company officer with other carriers

juan perez — 107 carriers: USDOT 949478 USDOT 970573 USDOT 1053661 USDOT 1201847 USDOT 1209643 USDOT 1428146 USDOT 1449429 USDOT 1475739

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 310 BOOMTOWN ST, LAREDO, TX, 78043
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 712-8101
Cell: (956) 701-6527
Fax: (956) 712-8750
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: rlsint.com

Registration

Officers: Luis Puente · Luis Guerra Ii
USDOT / docket: 2481232 · MC-883007
First registered: Mar 4, 2014
Last MCS-150: May 6, 2024 · 1,071,557 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 829.87
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,071,557

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 5, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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17%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 23 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

44violation records

8OOS-tagged records

4 of 23inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

138%1 / 13

Hours of service

128%1 / 12

Other vehicle maintenance

729%2 / 7

Brakes

633%2 / 6

Driver fitness

367%2 / 3

Lights

30%0 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 2

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 2

20%Nov 25 to May 261 / 5

21%May 26 to Nov 263 / 14

Top 3 codes (7 of 44 records)

395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL2
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects2

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393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
395.24D ELD — record edits / data2
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection2
390.21(c) USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2DIM State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2IRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.60A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.9A2 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.130C-CHVE Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipment1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F05 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F12 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC.

RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2481232) has a Vektor safety score of 90/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 17.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 32 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 23 vehicle-level and 32 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 14 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 6, 2024. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 2481232, and its motor carrier number is MC-883007.

Is RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

RLS SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT INC has a 17.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 54 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 90/100 (tier: clear).