Carrier profile · USDOT 3598268 · MC-1221267 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KAG DRY BULK LLC

DBA XCEL BULK LOGISTICS

261 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesNORTH CANTON, OH94/100
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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 11.8%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 — 136 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.6% · 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 6.9 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

216 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 23

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 261-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
261
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 5 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20242002
20232002
20226046
20214034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2026TX02Yes
Sep 24, 2025VA00Yes
Jun 30, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 1, 2025AR00Yes
Oct 25, 2024SC00Yes
May 1, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 6, 2023MS00Yes
May 17, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 2, 2022SC01Yes
Oct 14, 2022NC01Yes
Jul 21, 2022NC00Yes
Jun 17, 2022NC00Yes
May 6, 2022NC01Yes
Apr 13, 2022NC01Yes
Dec 13, 2021NC01Yes
Dec 7, 2021TX02Yes
Nov 24, 2021TX01Yes
Oct 19, 2021TX00Yes