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Company CheckCARGOWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 1061260

555 GELLHORN DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX, 77029

DOT# 1061260 MC# 12596 Houston, Texas 9 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jun 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 7 violations (no OOS).
May 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
May 7, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address555 GELLHORN DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX, 77029

Mailing Address555 GELLHORN DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX, 77029

Other Companies at This Address

Address555 GELLHORN DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX 77029

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CARGOWAYS NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT INC	1378365	Sign in	Active
CARGOWAYS TRANSPORTATION LLC this company	1061260	Sign in	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC012596

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating9 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.59 · 12 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage733,035 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS15.4% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective03/19/2024

CompanyCANAL INSURANCE CO.

Policy #CT5642266795

Last checked07/28/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers17

Mileage733,035 mi

Operating9 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total30

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total26

Out of Service4

OOS Rate15.4%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

5 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

12 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

10 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 29 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (13.8% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

40 roadside violations across 29 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 34 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (37)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/04/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	7	0	0	7	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH45 NB NEW WAVERLY SCALE	2	2	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	VA	Full (Level I)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	300 MERCURY	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	TX	Full (Level I)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2025	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	300 MERCURY	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	500 W BARBOURS CUT	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/15/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0225 IN HARRIS CO. (686-700	7	4	0	7	4	-	▲Detail
11/21/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	PORTSMOUTH VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2024	VA	Full (Level I)	NORFOLK VA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	4	0	2	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2024	TX	Full (Level I)	IH10 EB KINGSBURY SCALE	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/29/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH-0146 IN HARRIS CO. (482-500	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/19/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRANVILLE COUNTY, I-85, N	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/30/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	500 W BARBOURS CUT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MULTI-LANE URBAN HIGHWAY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2023	VA	Full (Level I)	NIT SOUTH GATE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2023	US	Full (Level I)	NORFOLK VA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2023	VA	Full (Level I)	NIT SOUTH GATE	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/08/2023	VA	Full (Level I)	I-664 AT MMBT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections29

Vehicle Maintenance 12 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$1,000,000	12/21/2023	01/04/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$1,000,000	12/21/2023	01/22/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	TP9882956 01	$750,000	11/14/2018	02/21/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$1,000,000	08/25/2023	12/21/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT5642266795	$750,000	03/19/2024	03/19/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$1,000,000	03/19/2023	08/25/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB001851	$750,000	03/13/2017	02/21/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$750,000	02/21/2022	03/19/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9882956 04	$750,000	02/21/2021	02/21/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9882956 04	$1,000,000	02/21/2021	02/21/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9882956 04	$1,000,000	02/21/2021	05/10/2021	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9882956 03	$750,000	02/21/2020	02/21/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9882956 02	$750,000	02/21/2019	02/21/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	TP9882956 01	$750,000	02/21/2018	11/14/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	988-29-56	$1,000,000	01/04/2024	03/19/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/26/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/2024
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/24/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/04/2023
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/18/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2018
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/31/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/03/2023
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/19/2021
MC012596	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/17/2017	-	-
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/21/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/18/2024
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/27/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/21/2020
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/22/2022
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/19/2021
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/21/2019
MC012596	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/22/2018

No revocation records.

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Inspection Records (37)

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