Carrier profile · USDOT 210213 · MC-149058 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Inland Sea Inc

6 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 6 statesEL PASO, TX100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-149058 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

5Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.9Avg age (yr)

2005–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(915) 592-1517 Email dispatchtlampe@tis-worldwide.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 47 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo12.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo12.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.9 yr

Model years 2005–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

30 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 30 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 13.2 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

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

≈2.5 / 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: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 30
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.5 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 Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’21 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Transguard America’97–’04

Hanover’07–’14

Transguard America’14–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. · since Oct 2021

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Oct 2014 → Oct 2021	$750K	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2007 → Oct 2014	$750K	1
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2006 → Oct 2007	$750K	2
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2004 → Nov 2004	$750K	4
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Oct 1997 → Oct 2004	$750K	5
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 1996 → Dec 1997	$750K	2
RANGER INS. CO./FAIRMONT SPECIALTY INS. CO.	Oct 1995 → Oct 1996	$750K	1
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Oct 1992 → Oct 1995	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 5

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

46.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NM busiest

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

Home base

EL PASO, TX

9601 CARNEGIE AVENUE

Top corridor

NM ⇄ TX

NM 23 · TX 3 · NC 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3903979 USDOT 4408263 USDOT 604282 USDOT 3480724

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@tis-worldwide.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1255356

Shares a company officer with other carriers

thomas lampe — 2 carriers: USDOT 3985366

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9601 CARNEGIE AVENUE, EL PASO, TX, 79925
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (915) 592-1517
Cell: (915) 892-4956
Fax: (915) 592-1835
Email: tlampe@tis-worldwide.com
Web domain: tis-worldwide.com

Registration

Officers: Thomas Lampe · Rigoberto Duran
USDOT / docket: 210213 · MC-149058
First registered: Apr 1, 1982
Last MCS-150: May 9, 2025 · 90,000 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 27, 1997
D-U-N-S: 54189899

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

90,000

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 THE INLAND SEA INC.

THE INLAND SEA INC (USDOT 210213) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. effective Oct 31, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 12.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 30 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 24 vehicle-level and 30 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 9, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 27, 1997 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is THE INLAND SEA INC's USDOT number?

THE INLAND SEA INC's USDOT number is 210213, and its motor carrier number is MC-149058.

Is THE INLAND SEA INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, THE INLAND SEA INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is THE INLAND SEA INC's safety record?

THE INLAND SEA INC has a 12.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 47 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).