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BUCEPHALUS TRUCKING LLC

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Company CheckBUCEPHALUS TRUCKING LLC · DOT 2840488

8638 GREEN RIVER DR, HOUSTON, TX, 77028-3800

DOT# 2840488 MC# 1029344 Houston, Texas 7 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Apr 6, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Apr 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Jul 15, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 21, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jan 23, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address8638 GREEN RIVER DR, HOUSTON, TX, 77028-3800

Mailing Address4811 SAN GREGORIO LN, KATY, TX, 77493-3800

Other Companies at This Address

Address8638 GREEN RIVER DR, HOUSTON, TX 77028-3800

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
ALEXANDER LEON ACOSTA	4085764	Sign in	Active
BUCEPHALUS TRUCKING LLC this company	2840488	Sign in	Active
ASTROS 2017 EXPRESS LINE LLC	3092430	Sign in	Inactive

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

DocketMC1029344

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating7 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 1.52 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 2.1 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .5 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 10.35 · 13 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage400,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS6.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS40.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective01/25/2026

CompanyHIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #DC920001557-00

Last checked08/26/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Mileage400,000 mi

Operating7 years

MCS-15007/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service1

OOS Rate6.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service6

OOS Rate40.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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 · 1 OOS -

2024

14 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▼

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

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 Apr 2026, 12 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/21/2024	NOT LISTED	TX	1	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

32 roadside violations across 12 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 26 violations · 4 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (25)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/06/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31¿¿07'14.00"N	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US87 MM424	5	0	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 87 MM 484	8	1	2	0	6	1	-	▲Detail
05/21/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 87 MILEPOST 455	5	2	2	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 33'29.68"N	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 07'17.78"N	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/25/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 05'47.17"N	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON E US HWY 82 1942 FT W OF BE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US190 S. US 281	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
09/27/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH 6	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
09/22/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 07'22.14"N	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 190 N. US 183	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	STATE LOOP 306 MILEP	6	2	3	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	W 12TH ST AT TX95 NB	5	2	1	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
06/27/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1901 US180	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/12/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US180	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX71 EB SVC RD AT TX	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1901 US180 EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	TX	Full (Level I)	MARKET ST	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1901 US180 EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAT:31 07'21.80"N	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1901 US180 EB	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 180 MM 388	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 180 MM 388	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX67 SB AT SEWER PLA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections15

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 13 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	A42516485-3	$750,000	04/08/2019	01/25/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	TCA-P001042-00	$750,000	01/25/2024	01/25/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	613638001	$750,000	01/25/2023	01/25/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRI21L4745	$750,000	01/25/2022	01/25/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRI21L2786	$750,000	01/25/2021	01/25/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	UWPGD1104-01	$750,000	01/24/2020	01/24/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/30/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/23/2025
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/30/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2020
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/29/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/25/2024
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/29/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/23/2023
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2022
MC1029344	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/28/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2021
MC1029344	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/15/2019	-	-

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80/100

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, from 100 to 80

−10

Starts at 100−20 totalFinal 80

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 6.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 6.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

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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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (25)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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