Carrier profile · USDOT 2290691 · MC-782236 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TERMINEL LLC

DBA TERMINEL INC

25 power unitsavg 14.4 yrRegional · 3 statesCALEXICO, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-782236 ACTIVE
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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 18.7%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 — 235 vehicle and 324 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.3% · 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 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

322 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 23

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
≈6.6 / 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
25
Inspections · 24 mo
329
Annualized
≈165 / yr
Coverage
≈6.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving78 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance52 · 22 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance49 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 10 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20221011
20196006
20171001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 17, 2023CA01Yes
Feb 10, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 25, 2019CA00Yes
May 20, 2019AZ00Yes
May 5, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 25, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 31, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 22, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 27, 2016CA00Yes