Carrier profile · USDOT 610857 · MC-394627 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Stafford Transport of Louisiana Inc

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26 power unitsavg 9.5 yrRegional · 7 statesWALKER, LA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-394627 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

26Power units

43 observed · MCS-150

49Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(770) 701-6277 Email dispatchMCRAWFORD@CUSTOMECOLOGY.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average46.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record10 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 31 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$6M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 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

26 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

76 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 46.2%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 — 52 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 8.9 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 8

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 76
Annualized: ≈38 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 24 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 21 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 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$6,000,000 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

$6M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $6M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’24 · 12 insurers · 5 lapsesCoverage lapse

Zurich American’00–’11

Lexington’13–’16

Nuovo Risk’20–’26

Mercer’22–’24

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 25 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $6,000,000 · OTTAWA CORPORATE LTD. · since Dec 2024

All 25 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Dec 2022 → Dec 2024	$5M	2
MERCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Aug 2022	$5M	1
ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Feb 2022 → Dec 2022	$5M	1
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2022 → Feb 2022	$5M	2
MERCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Dec 2024	$5M	1
NUOVO INDEMNITY RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Dec 2020 → Jan 2026	$5M	3
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2019 → Dec 2019	$5M	1
NUOVO INDEMNITY RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$5M	1
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2019 → Feb 2022	$5M	1
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$5M	1
AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2017 → Jan 2020	$5M	3
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2018	$5M	2
AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2016 → Dec 2017	$5M	2
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Dec 2016	$5M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Dec 2014	$5M	2
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2013 → Dec 2013	$5M	2
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2013 → Aug 2016	$5M	1
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2012 → Dec 2013	$5M	1
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Dec 2011	$5M	2
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2011 → Dec 2011	$5M	1
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2011 → Apr 2013	$5M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2011 → Dec 2013	$5M	2
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Feb 2012	$5M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jun 2011 → Feb 2012	$5M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2000 → Jun 2011	$5M	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 26
Observed power (24 mo): 43
Trailers (towed): 49

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

42.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

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

Home base

WALKER, LA

11298 FLORIDA BLVD

Top corridor

LA 50 · TX 8 · MS 7

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: 3 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2323865Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (27 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2323865 USDOT 4029519 USDOT 1555321 USDOT 2404805 USDOT 3691696 USDOT 1727916 USDOT 4527406 USDOT 4203821

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@customecology.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 892732 USDOT 2096108 USDOT 2323865 USDOT 3239325

Shares a company officer with other carriers

derk lockhart — 2 carriers: USDOT 2323865

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 11298 FLORIDA BLVD, WALKER, LA, 70785
Mailing address: PO BOX 69, WALKER, LA, 70785
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (770) 701-6277
Cell: (770) 314-6517
Email: mcrawford@customecology.com
Web domain: customecology.com

Registration

Officers: Derk Lockhart · Derk Lockhart
USDOT / docket: 610857 · MC-394627
First registered: Aug 10, 1995
Last MCS-150: Mar 5, 2025 · 1,693,094 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Nov 27, 2017
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,693,094

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 STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC.

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC (USDOT 610857) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 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 unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 46.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 76 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 52 vehicle-level and 76 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 10 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 26 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 5, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Nov 27, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC's USDOT number?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC's USDOT number is 610857, and its motor carrier number is MC-394627.

Is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC's safety record?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC has a 46.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 114 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC's fleet?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC operates 26 power units and 23 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC based?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF LOUISIANA INC is based in WALKER, LA, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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