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Company CheckTHE KEY OF THE GULF LLC · DOT 2987789

8637 PAPER BIRCH LN, FORT WORTH, TX, 76123

DOT# 2987789 MC# 46066 Fort Worth, Texas 8 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 11, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Sep 11, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 1, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Jul 10, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Feb 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 31, 2024
REINSTATED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Dec 11, 2024
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Oct 9, 2024
Roadside inspection, 12 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address8637 PAPER BIRCH LN, FORT WORTH, TX, 76123

Mailing Address8637 PAPER BIRCH LN, FORT WORTH, TX, 76123

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC046066

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating8 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 3.42 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.42 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 14.71 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage400,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceActual

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 RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS40.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/18/2024

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/09/2025

CompanyTRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG

Policy #STB03239

Last checked09/18/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers6

Mileage400,000 mi

Operating8 years

MCS-15009/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service2

OOS Rate40.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/18/2024 | Rated: 12/11/2024

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

0 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

3 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

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 Sep 2025, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
12/27/2023	FORT WORTH	TX	0	0	1	5	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

23 roadside violations across 4 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 22 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/11/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH20 LORAINE SCALE	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
08/01/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH30 WB	5	0	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH20 WB MM#399	12	0	0	0	12	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US-0287 IN ELLIS CO. (484-520)	23	2	15	1	8	1	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH 20 LORAINE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2024-11-19	Unsatisfactory = Unfit	ACTIVE	2024-12-11

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	A42513357	$750,000	09/05/2017	03/30/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG	STB03239	$1,000,000	07/31/2025	07/09/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	736205001	$750,000	07/08/2021	02/09/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA 0427561	$750,000	05/01/2019	01/31/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA0427561	$750,000	04/29/2020	02/09/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	A42517189-1	$750,000	03/30/2018	02/08/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG	STB03239	$1,000,000	02/09/2025	07/09/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG	STB03239	$1,000,000	02/09/2025	07/31/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT6630452332	$1,000,000	02/09/2024	02/09/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT6630452332	$750,000	02/09/2024	02/09/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA955719949	$1,000,000	02/09/2022	02/09/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	736205001	$750,000	02/09/2021	07/08/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA0427561	$750,000	02/08/2019	05/01/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA0427561	$750,000	01/31/2020	04/29/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA0427561	$750,000	01/31/2020	01/31/2020	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC046066	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/31/2024	-	-
MC046066	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/21/2017	REVOKED	12/11/2024
MC046066	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/07/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/10/2025
MC046066	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/04/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/17/2019
MC046066	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/05/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/30/2018
MC046066	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/14/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/11/2019
MC046066	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/12/2025

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% 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 20% 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.

THE KEY OF THE GULF LLC

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Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

Licensing & Insurance

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