Carrier profile · USDOT 2068379 · MC-723111 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GULF RELAY LLC

249 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 29 statesCLINTON, MS81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-723111 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

249Power units

211 observed · MCS-150

275Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(601) 487-4853 Email dispatchblanks@GULFRELAY.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 above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

18 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

18 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

249 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.3 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

449 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 175 vehicle and 449 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.2% · 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 11.2 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

436 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 31

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 249-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 249
Inspections · 24 mo: 449
Annualized: ≈225 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving161 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 43 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 11 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$0 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

$0 in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $0 is below the $750K general-freight federal minimum — verify before tendering.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’21 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Nova’11–’13

New York’13–’15

Hudson’18–’21

Hudson’20–’21

beyond this history

2010201420182022now

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

BIPD in force — $0 · PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO. · since Sep 2021

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2020 → Sep 2021	$1M	1
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2020 → Sep 2021	$1M	2
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2021	$1M	2
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Sep 2015 → Sep 2016	$1M	2
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Sep 2013 → Sep 2015	$1M	8
NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Sep 2013	$1M	2
GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2010 → Sep 2011	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 249
Observed power (24 mo): 211
Trailers (towed): 275

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

34.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

448

MS busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

CLINTON, MS

1021 CLINTON INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD

Top corridor

MS 165 · LA 49 · TN 41

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: 6 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 121058 USDOT 8039 USDOT 4327951Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (33 trucks · 25 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 31782 USDOT 728630 USDOT 2177518 USDOT 8039 USDOT 3115232 USDOT 4177946 USDOT 4261588 USDOT 1500618

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gulfrelay.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2917341

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

249

Observed (24 mo)

211

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: 1021 CLINTON INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, CLINTON, MS, 39056
Mailing address: PO BOX 1, CLINTON, MS, 39060-0001
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (601) 487-4853
Cell: (601) 910-1325
Email: blanks@gulfrelay.com
Web domain: gulfrelay.com

Registration

Officers: Blanks Baldwin · William Everett, Jr
USDOT / docket: 2068379 · MC-723111
First registered: Aug 23, 2010
Last MCS-150: May 11, 2026 · 20,968,205 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

249

Power units

247

Drivers

247

CDL drivers

20,968,205

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 GULF RELAY LLC.

GULF RELAY LLC (USDOT 2068379) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $0 limit in force from PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO. effective Sep 1, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 449 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 175 vehicle-level and 449 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 249 power units and 247 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 11, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GULF RELAY LLC's USDOT number?

GULF RELAY LLC's USDOT number is 2068379, and its motor carrier number is MC-723111.

Is GULF RELAY LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is GULF RELAY LLC's safety record?

GULF RELAY LLC has a 23.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 729 roadside inspections, with 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).