Carrier profile · USDOT 229659 · MC-639625 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GULFMARK ENERGY INC

198 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-639625 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

198Power units

82 observed · MCS-150

60Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 209-2660 Email dispatchregulatory@gulfmarkenergy.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record10 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 43 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1983.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 388 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

198 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.8 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

43 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1983 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

254 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 10.5%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 — 248 vehicle and 253 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.6% · 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 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

248 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 27

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 198-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 198
Inspections · 24 mo: 254
Annualized: ≈127 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 4 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 12 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 18 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 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$5,000,000 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

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Interstate’08–’17

Ace American’17–’19

United States’19–’24

National Union’24–now

2008201320182023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Oct 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Oct 2024 → Oct 2025	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2019 → Oct 2024	$1M	6
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2019	$1M	3
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2008 → Oct 2017	$1M	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 198
Observed power (24 mo): 82
Trailers (towed): 60

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

36.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

254

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

2727 ALLEN PARKWAY STE 900

Top corridor

TX 241 · MI 9 · LA 4

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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2539775 USDOT 822809Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (21 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 915897 USDOT 2539775 USDOT 4257239 USDOT 1738231 USDOT 3514181 USDOT 3339885 USDOT 822809 USDOT 705280

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gulfmarkenergy.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3077906

Shares a company officer with other carriers

greg mills — 11 carriers: USDOT 72245 USDOT 1199527 USDOT 1517238 USDOT 1737372 USDOT 1920764 USDOT 2930017 USDOT 2993111 USDOT 3077906

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

198

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2727 ALLEN PARKWAY STE 900, HOUSTON, TX, 77019
Mailing address: PO BOX 844, HOUSTON, TX, 77001
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (713) 209-2660
Cell: (281) 642-5908
Email: regulatory@gulfmarkenergy.com
Web domain: gulfmarkenergy.com

Registration

Officer: Greg Mills
USDOT / docket: 229659 · MC-639625
First registered: Mar 10, 1983
Last MCS-150: Nov 21, 2025 · 10,951,339 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 19, 2011
D-U-N-S: 67273649

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

198

Power units

165

Drivers

165

CDL drivers

10,951,339

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 GULFMARK ENERGY INC.

GULFMARK ENERGY INC (USDOT 229659) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load 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 $5,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Oct 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 10.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 254 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 248 vehicle-level and 253 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 10 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 198 power units and 165 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 21, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 19, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GULFMARK ENERGY INC's USDOT number?

GULFMARK ENERGY INC's USDOT number is 229659, and its motor carrier number is MC-639625.

Is GULFMARK ENERGY INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, GULFMARK ENERGY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GULFMARK ENERGY INC's safety record?

GULFMARK ENERGY INC has a 10.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 388 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).