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

Gulf Relay LLC

249 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 30 statesCLINTON, MS81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-723111 ACTIVE
Verified linksgulfrelay.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 23.9%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 — 180 vehicle and 450 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 9.7 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

442 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
450
Annualized
≈225 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 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

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 99 total · 18 in 24 mo

99
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
2025100110
2024121311
20235015
2022100110
2021140313
2020110211
20197037
20188048
20172002
20166055
20154022
20143013
20132002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026AR00Yes
May 12, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 25, 2026VA01Yes
Jan 7, 2026MS00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MS01Yes
Nov 8, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2025MS00Yes
Sep 17, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 21, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 8, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 23, 2025GA00Yes
May 26, 2025TX00Yes
May 12, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 7, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 3, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024MS00Yes
Sep 23, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 22, 2024MS00Yes
Jul 8, 2024TX04Yes
Jun 29, 2024MS10No
Jun 27, 2024GA00Yes
May 30, 2024MS01Yes
May 30, 2024MS00Yes
Feb 21, 2024NC00Yes