Carrier profile · USDOT 3137428 · MC-96953 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Alive Free Transportation LLC

17 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesHOUSTON, TX82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-96953 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

32 observed · MCS-150

28Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(832) 468-8440 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate well above average22.1% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 crashes involving injuries are on 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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

62 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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188 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 22, 2026.

Safety

68 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 22.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 7.7 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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

≈2.0 / 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: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 68
Annualized: ≈34 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance113 · 51 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving65 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 11 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance28 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 11 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 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 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

At Lloyds’18–’19

Alpine Transportation’19–’20

United Wisconsin’20–’21

United Specialty’21–’22

Concert Specialty’23–’24

Concert Specialty’25–now

20182020202220242026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

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

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2025 → May 2026	$750K	1
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	3
SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	May 2024 → Nov 2024	$750K	3
CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2024	$750K	3
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → Sep 2022	$750K	4
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2022	$750K	4
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2020 → May 2021	$750K	2
ALPINE TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE RRG, INC.	May 2019 → May 2020	$750K	1
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	May 2018 → May 2019	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 32
Trailers (towed): 28

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

95.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 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: 26 inspections
Nebraska: 9 inspections
Kansas: 7 inspections
Missouri: 7 inspections
Oklahoma: 6 inspections
Arkansas: 4 inspections
Louisiana: 2 inspections
Minnesota: 2 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

12538 TICONDEROGA RD

Most inspections: TX

26 inspections

TX 26 · NE 9 · KS 7

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 5 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 3270981 USDOT 3308851Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (84 trucks · 31 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 898684 USDOT 2871763 USDOT 3372019 USDOT 4563879 USDOT 3270981 USDOT 3349198 USDOT 2519125 USDOT 2555695

Shares a company officer with other carriers

viviana olivera — 2 carriers: USDOT 2790293

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 12538 TICONDEROGA RD, HOUSTON, TX, 77044
Mailing address: PO BOX 24599, HOUSTON, TX, 77229
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (832) 468-8440
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Viviana Olivera
USDOT / docket: 3137428 · MC-96953
First registered: May 16, 2018
Last MCS-150: Oct 30, 2025 · 543,728 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 22, 2025
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

543,728

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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15%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

6 of 39 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

142violation records

31OOS-tagged records

6 of 39inspections 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.

Hours of service

7626%20 / 76

Unsafe driving

2010%2 / 20

Other vehicle maintenance

1631%5 / 16

Lights

1414%2 / 14

Brakes

120%0 / 12

Driver fitness

450%2 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

13%Nov 24 to May 252 / 15

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 1

17%Nov 25 to May 262 / 12

18%May 26 to Nov 262 / 11

Top 3 codes (38 of 142 records)

395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing16
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing13
393.9 Inoperative required lamps9

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395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits7
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits6
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing5
395.30B1 ELD — use / data transfer4
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
395.8E-HOSPCDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
391.11B2-Q Driver not qualified2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.9AA1 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A1 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.3A2-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
391.11B2-S Driver not qualified1
391.45B No medical examination / expired1
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100(a) Cargo securement (general)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104A Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.104F4/R Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LTSM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45DLPC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.86A1-RIG Rear impact guard / bumper1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A3-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3B2-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8F1-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F12-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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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 ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC.

ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 3137428) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 15.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 68 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 39 vehicle-level and 68 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 30, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 22, 2025 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 3137428, and its motor carrier number is MC-96953.

Is ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

ALIVE FREE TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 15.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 191 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).