Carrier profile · USDOT 577203 · MC-279853 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gulf Line Transport LLC

16 power unitsavg 12.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMOUNT PLEASANT, SC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279853 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 5.1 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 45 total · 4 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242022
20223013
20211001
20191001
20182012
20174044
20163023
20152002
20053032
20043012
200310077
20022021
20012011
20003013
19992011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 25, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2024GA01Yes
Aug 23, 2024GA01Yes
Sep 8, 2022TX01Yes
Jun 3, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 29, 2021GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 15, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 23, 2018OH01Yes
Sep 25, 2017GA01Yes
Jun 20, 2017IN01Yes
Feb 16, 2017SC01Yes
Jan 18, 2017TN01Yes
Nov 26, 2016SC01Yes
Sep 6, 2016OH01Yes
Jan 5, 2016NJ00Yes
Jun 3, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2015TX00Yes
Nov 8, 2005SC02No
Apr 6, 2005GA01Yes
Mar 20, 2005GA01Yes
Apr 16, 2004SC00Yes
Feb 17, 2004TX00Yes