Carrier profile · USDOT 2511877 · MC-1768713 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tropic Transportation LLC

76 power unitsavg 7.4 yrLocal · 2 statesMIAMI, FL76/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1768713 NO AUTHORITYHAZMAT
Verified linksparklandusa.comFMCSA SAFER

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 11.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 115 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 14

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 76-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther5 · 5 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther5 · 4 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 205 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 29 total · 7 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253023
20249049
20231001
20225015
20212012
20202002
20193013
20182012
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026FL02Yes
Apr 19, 2025FL01Yes
Apr 18, 2025FL01Yes
Jan 28, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 19, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 24, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 7, 2024FL02Yes
Jul 30, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 24, 2024FL01Yes
May 2, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 23, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 23, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 17, 2024FL01Yes
Sep 28, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 26, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 23, 2022FL00Yes
Nov 16, 2022FL00Yes
Jul 15, 2022FL00Yes
May 24, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 24, 2021FL01Yes
Jun 9, 2021FL00Yes
Oct 12, 2020FL00Yes
Aug 6, 2020FL00Yes
Nov 16, 2019FL00Yes
Feb 28, 2019FL01Yes