Carrier profile · USDOT 3073752 · MC-62697 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

TLA TRANSPORT LLC

4 power unitsavg 12.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesDALLAS, TX94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-62697 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.4Avg age (yr)

2005–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(940) 290-4600 Email dispatchTLATRANS.TX@GMAIL.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

Clear to load

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes3 crashes involving injuries are on record.

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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 23 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.4 yr

Model years 2005–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

8 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

17 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 29.2 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.1 / 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: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 17
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.1 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 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$750,000 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

$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 ’25 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

At Lloyds’18–’20

United Wisconsin’20–’21

Trailblazers A’21–’23

United Wisconsin’21–’22

Highlander Specialty’23–’24

Db (usbranch)’24–’25

beyond this history

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CANAL INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jan 2025 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jan 2023 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG	Jan 2022 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG	Jan 2021 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	3
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.4 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

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

Home base

DALLAS, TX

9323 AMBERTON PKWY APT 240

Top corridor

TN ⇄ TX

TN 3 · MO 2 · CO 2

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: 5 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3569702 USDOT 4323499 USDOT 4332784 USDOT 2780343 USDOT 4217012Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (14 trucks · 17 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 264184 USDOT 3526274 USDOT 3829497 USDOT 3184858 USDOT 3740941 USDOT 3569702 USDOT 4323499 USDOT 2475440

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9323 AMBERTON PKWY APT 240, DALLAS, TX, 75243
Mailing address: 333 PRESTONWOOD APT 2001, RICHARDSON, TX, 75081
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (940) 290-4600
Fax: (469) 375-3956
Email: tlatrans.tx@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Tesfu L Kidane
USDOT / docket: 3073752 · MC-62697
First registered: Dec 1, 2017
Last MCS-150: Oct 12, 2025 · 354,537 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 9.36
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

354,537

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 TLA TRANSPORT LLC.

TLA TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3073752) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CANAL INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 20, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 17 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 17 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 12, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TLA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

TLA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 3073752, and its motor carrier number is MC-62697.

Is TLA TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, TLA TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TLA TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

TLA TRANSPORT LLC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 23 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).