Carrier profile · USDOT 256475 · MC-177137 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Liquid Cargo Inc

38 power unitsavg 8.9 yrNational · 17 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-177137 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

38Power units

29 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.9Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(561) 420-8640 Email dispatchj.staggs@liquidcargo.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 41 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1985.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

38 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.9 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

41 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1985 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

47 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 8.7 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 38-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 38
Inspections · 24 mo: 47
Annualized: ≈24 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 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

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’25 · 13 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Pacific Financial’07–’13

Ace American’09–’19

Pacific Financial’13–’24

Arch’20–’24

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 20 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 20 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$5M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$5M	1
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2025	$5M	3
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2024	$5M	9
ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$5M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$5M	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Oct 2013 → Dec 2024	$5M	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2009 → Jun 2019	$5M	6
FIRST MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2008 → Nov 2009	$5M	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Dec 2007 → Oct 2013	$5M	1
FIRST MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Nov 2008	$5M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Nov 2009	$5M	1
FIRST MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Dec 2008	$5M	1
COLONY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2006 → Nov 2007	$5M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2005 → Nov 2007	$5M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Nov 2003 → Nov 2005	$5M	3
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2003 → Feb 2005	$5M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Nov 2002 → Nov 2003	$5M	1
GULF INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2000 → Nov 2002	$5M	3
GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2000 → Jun 2001	$5M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 38
Observed power (24 mo): 29
Trailers (towed): 24

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

61.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

10720 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY N STE 250

Top corridor

TX 20 · IL 5 · PA 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

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 4426550 USDOT 1609038Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 600140 USDOT 811745 USDOT 297572 USDOT 3240755 USDOT 164311 USDOT 4426550 USDOT 2578033 USDOT 3289197

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@liquidcargo.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 1190821 USDOT 2141236 USDOT 3021407

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

Location

Physical address: 10720 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY N STE 250, HOUSTON, TX, 77064-3590
Mailing address: P O BOX 5202, LAKELAND, FL, 33807-5202
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (561) 420-8640
Email: j.staggs@liquidcargo.com
Web domain: liquidcargo.com

Registration

Officers: Jess Staggs · Kevin Jackson
USDOT / docket: 256475 · MC-177137
First registered: Mar 12, 1985
Last MCS-150: Jun 11, 2025 · 2,625,686 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 23, 1997
D-U-N-S: 144455276

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,625,686

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Aug 20, 2026Authority history changeBroker of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 20, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 20, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Aug 8, 2026 · 4000000

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LIQUID CARGO INC.

LIQUID CARGO INC (USDOT 256475) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 47 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 37 vehicle-level and 47 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 38 power units and 29 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 11, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 23, 1997 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LIQUID CARGO INC's USDOT number?

LIQUID CARGO INC's USDOT number is 256475, and its motor carrier number is MC-177137.

Is LIQUID CARGO INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, LIQUID CARGO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LIQUID CARGO INC's safety record?

LIQUID CARGO INC has a 27.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 85 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is LIQUID CARGO INC's fleet?

LIQUID CARGO INC operates 38 power units and 29 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LIQUID CARGO INC based?

LIQUID CARGO INC is based in HOUSTON, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 17 states.

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