Carrier profile · USDOT 367355 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Sontheimer Offshore Catering Co

DBA SONOCO

9 power unitsavg 10.1 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUMA, LA93/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 8.3 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 9-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

4.66measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	2	0	0	2
2010	1	1	1	1
2009	1	0	1	0
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	4	0	1	3
2005	1	1	0	0
2001	1	0	0	1
1998	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 8, 2023	LA	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 27, 2010	LA	1	1	Yes
Mar 19, 2009	LA	0	2	No
Jan 22, 2007	LA	0	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
May 4, 2006	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 22, 2006	LA	0	1	No
Feb 25, 2006	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 26, 2005	LA	1	0	No
Dec 13, 2001	LA	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 1998	LA	0	1	Yes
Oct 24, 1996	LA	0	0	Yes