Carrier profile · USDOT 1972988 · MC-698068 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ferrara Transport Services LLC

57 power unitsavg 9.2 yrMulti-region · 13 statesBATON ROUGE, LA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-698068 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksferraratransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 23.4%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 — 64 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 12.7 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

92 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
98
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 22 total · 4 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20243021
20232112
20223022
20214004
20202021
20171010
20161001
20151001
20142112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 14, 2026LA00Yes
Oct 29, 2025AL01Yes
Jan 7, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 31, 2024TX01No
Mar 26, 2024TX01No
Jan 6, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 26, 2023LA00Yes
Jun 28, 2023LA11Yes
Sep 23, 2022LA01No
Aug 5, 2022LA01Yes
Jul 1, 2022LA00Yes
Nov 12, 2021LA00Yes
Nov 4, 2021LA00Yes
Nov 3, 2021LA00Yes
Aug 13, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2020MS01No
Aug 12, 2020IA01Yes
Oct 4, 2017LA01No
Nov 10, 2016LA00Yes
Mar 4, 2015LA00Yes
Oct 18, 2014LA11Yes
Jun 30, 2014LA00Yes