Carrier profile · USDOT 1194197 · MC-476808 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

PX Transportation Inc

DBA STAR BULK

79 power unitsavg 14.7 yrRegional · 3 statesNEW BRAUNFELS, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-476808 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 157 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.3% · 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 10.7 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

153 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 79-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
157
Annualized
79 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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 Driving117 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance97 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance64 · 11 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance63 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance53 · 17 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 92 total · 8 in 24 mo

92
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20256016
20241001
20231001
20227027
20211001
20206145
20198037
2018110311
20174124
20167026
20158246
2014140314
20137027
20122002
20111011
20071001
20063032
20052012
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2026TX01Yes
Dec 20, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 21, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 26, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 19, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 11, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 23, 2022TX01Yes
Jun 17, 2022TX01Yes
May 12, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 3, 2022TX00Yes
Mar 24, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 21, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 22, 2020TX01Yes
Nov 5, 2020TX01No
Nov 3, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2020TX01Yes
Mar 27, 2020TX10Yes
Mar 20, 2020TX01Yes
Dec 14, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 22, 2019TX01No