Carrier profile · USDOT 3062419 · MC-56045 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RED CARGO LOGISTICS LLC

22 power unitsavg 9.8 yrNational · 24 statesEDINBURG, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-56045 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 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 17.4 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 7

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
≈2.0 / 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
22
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
16False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 3 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241011
20231001
20221001
20205005
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026LA00Yes
Oct 15, 2025GA00Yes
May 7, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 26, 2024MD01Yes
Oct 13, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 20, 2022FL00Yes
Dec 21, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 30, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 6, 2020AL00Yes
Jul 4, 2020AL00Yes
May 13, 2020TN00Yes
Dec 20, 2019MA00Yes