Carrier profile · USDOT 2637249 · MC-918600 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GEMMA CARRIERS LLC

11 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesLAREDO, TX68/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-918600 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

11Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.1Avg age (yr)

2008–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 568-6996 Email dispatchSAFETY@GEMMACARRIERS.COM

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate well above average

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average20.0% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes3 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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

11 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.1 yr

Model years 2008–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

30 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 38.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 18.0 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 30
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 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: 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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

American Millennium’16–’18

Trisura Specialty’20–’26

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2026	$750K	10
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	5
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	3
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	May 2016 → Dec 2018	$750K	12
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 11
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 23

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.1 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

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

LAREDO, TX

328 LADERA DR

Top corridor

TX 12 · TN 5 · NC 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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3498178Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (14 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3498178 USDOT 3604402 USDOT 3229674 USDOT 1152404 USDOT 4527858 USDOT 3924659 USDOT 2498465 USDOT 2114466

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gemmacarriers.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3122618

Shares a company officer with other carriers

gustavo morales — 7 carriers: USDOT 1345473 USDOT 1715866 USDOT 2579089 USDOT 3195768 USDOT 3303452 USDOT 3828197

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 328 LADERA DR, LAREDO, TX, 78045
Mailing address: 475 EL PICO RD 5, LAREDO, TX, 78045
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 568-6996
Cell: (956) 285-4605
Email: safety@gemmacarriers.com
Web domain: gemmacarriers.com

Registration

Officers: Gustavo Morales · Gabriela Morales
USDOT / docket: 2637249 · MC-918600
First registered: May 20, 2015
Last MCS-150: Dec 11, 2025 · 1,587,706 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Oct 5, 2024
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,587,706

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GEMMA CARRIERS LLC.

GEMMA CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 2637249) has a Vektor safety score of 68/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 23, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 30 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 21 vehicle-level and 30 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Oct 5, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GEMMA CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number?

GEMMA CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number is 2637249, and its motor carrier number is MC-918600.

Is GEMMA CARRIERS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, GEMMA CARRIERS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GEMMA CARRIERS LLC's safety record?

GEMMA CARRIERS LLC has a 38.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 58 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 68/100 (tier: review).