Carrier profile · USDOT 1090157 · MC-451619 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Carthage Marine Transport LLC

24 power unitsavg 10.7 yrNational · 25 statesSARCOXIE, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451619 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 21.3 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
56
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20243223
20231001
20221111
20212012
20201011
20192112
20183013
20151001
20141001
20132011
20101011
20072012
20061011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 20, 2024MS00Yes
Jul 12, 2024FL13Yes
Jul 12, 2024FL13Yes
Oct 10, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 11, 2022TN12Yes
Sep 23, 2021AL01Yes
Feb 1, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 18, 2020PA09Yes
Sep 25, 2019CO01Yes
May 31, 2019KS20Yes
Nov 17, 2018KS00Yes
May 18, 2018WA00Yes
Jan 28, 2018TN01Yes
Dec 1, 2015KS00Yes
Aug 6, 2014MD00Yes
Oct 2, 2013IA02No
Mar 18, 2013MI00Yes
Jul 19, 2010MO01Yes
Apr 29, 2007AL02Yes
Feb 22, 2007AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2006CA01Yes
Nov 9, 2004TX00Yes