Carrier profile · USDOT 2311146 · MC-789000 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gulf Royal LLC

28 power unitsavg 11.8 yrNational · 22 statesBROWNSVILLE, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-789000 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 34.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 126 vehicle and 160 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 15

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
160
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Maintenance92 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance61 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 19 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

88 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

59ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
10False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262020
20251001
20232002
20224013
20192002
20182002
20164014
20152012
20131001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2026TX01No
May 15, 2026TX01No
May 25, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 23, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 12, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2022TX01No
Feb 2, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 2, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 23, 2019LA00Yes
Mar 23, 2019LA00Yes
Aug 1, 2018TN00Yes
Jul 8, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 1, 2016MS00Yes
Jun 1, 2016MS00Yes
Jan 14, 2016OH01Yes
Apr 27, 2015TN00Yes
Apr 19, 2015TX02Yes
Dec 30, 2013MI00Yes
Apr 21, 2012CA00Yes