Carrier profile · USDOT 3146886 · MC-102609 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC

5 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 25 statesLAREDO, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-102609 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

62 observed · MCS-150

93Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

2011–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 999-6294 Email dispatchMCSSTRANS@GMAIL.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 average24.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average26.2% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 2011–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

164 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 24.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 26.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 103 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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

164 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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

≈16.4 / 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: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 164
Annualized: ≈82 / yr
Coverage: ≈16.4 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 Driving153 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance42 · 27 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness41 · 15 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving41 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 4 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 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$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United Wisconsin’18–’19

Trisura Specialty’19–’23

Trisura Specialty’23–’25

Cimarron’25–now

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Aug 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Aug 2025	$750K	10
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Sep 2023 → Nov 2023	$750K	2
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Sep 2023	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2023	$750K	4
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Jun 2019	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 62
Trailers (towed): 93

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

43.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

151

TX busiest

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

Home base

LAREDO, TX

3116 SAN EDUARDO AVE

Top corridor

TX 52 · TN 20 · LA 16

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: 5 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4439024 USDOT 3493302 USDOT 3190076 USDOT 3879100Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (88 trucks · 33 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1436688 USDOT 1509690 USDOT 3067558 USDOT 4003528 USDOT 2910633 USDOT 4086415 USDOT 4104948 USDOT 2813823

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3116 SAN EDUARDO AVE, LAREDO, TX, 78040
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 999-6294
Email: mcsstrans@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Jorge Arce Jr
USDOT / docket: 3146886 · MC-102609
First registered: Jun 10, 2018
Last MCS-150: Sep 22, 2025 · 597,576 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 16, 2025
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

597,576

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 MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC.

MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3146886) 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 common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CIMARRON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 15, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 24.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 164 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 103 vehicle-level and 164 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 22, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 16, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 3146886, and its motor carrier number is MC-102609.

Is MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

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

What is MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

MCSS TRANSPORTATION INC has a 24.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 165 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).