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Company CheckHOUSTON SPECIALIST CARGO LLC · DOT 4093762

16303 LYONS SCHOOL RD #103, SPRING, TX, 77379

DOT# 4093762 MC# 1567454 Spring, Texas 3 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

5 events tracked · latest Sep 7, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Sep 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jul 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jun 25, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address16303 LYONS SCHOOL RD #103, SPRING, TX, 77379

Mailing Address16303 LYONS SCHOOL RD #103, SPRING, TX, 77379

Other Companies at This Address

Address16303 LYONS SCHOOL RD #103, SPRING, TX 77379

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
HOUSTON SPECIALIST CARGO LLC this company	4093762	Sign in	Active
LUCKY FR8 LLC	4548384	Sign in	Active
ATENAS EXPRESS LLC	3491895	Sign in	Inactive
LEISKELL TRANSPORTATION LLC	3566797	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

DocketMC1567454

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 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 4.32 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.14 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure .26 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 8.72 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage40,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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 OOS37.5% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS85.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective11/04/2025

CompanyCLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #AQ1YTX010198-00

Last checked09/16/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet12 units

Drivers14

Mileage40,000 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total8

Out of Service3

OOS Rate37.5%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service6

OOS Rate85.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

2024

2 · 1 OOS -

2026

14 · 11 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 Sep 2026, 15 inspections, 12 resulted in out-of-service (80% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 7 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 12 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

55 roadside violations across 15 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 25 violations · 10 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 16 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 12 violations · 3 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 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 (16)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/07/2026	LA	Full (Level I)	SULPHUR LA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/06/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN KY	3	2	1	1	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/28/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	WILLIAMSVILLE MO	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	LITTLE ROCK AR	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2026	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEE FL	10	1	10	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/14/2026	AL	Full (Level I)	TUSKEGEE AL	7	2	0	0	7	2	-	▲Detail
05/29/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	CLARKSBURG MD	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
05/16/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	CARYVILLE TN	4	2	1	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	KNOXVILLE TN	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CONWAY AR	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/26/2026	AL	Full (Level I)	FORT PAYNE AL	3	2	1	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
04/01/2026	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROBELINE LA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/19/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	10	3	4	2	6	1	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	15300 JACINTOPORT B	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
02/23/2024	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections12

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Controlled Substances 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC	ATG-TX-0007512-24	$750,000	07/17/2024	06/21/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BULLDOG NATIONAL RRG GROUP INC	ATG-TX-0006242-23	$750,000	07/17/2023	07/17/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA971588254	$750,000	06/24/2025	06/24/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA971588254	$750,000	06/24/2025	07/17/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1567454	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/16/2023	-	-
MC1567454	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/20/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/22/2024
MC1567454	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/27/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/25/2025

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87/100

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 87

Starts at 100−13 totalFinal 87

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

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

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 37.5% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 85.7143% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 37.5% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 85.7143% 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.

HOUSTON SPECIALIST CARGO LLC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (16)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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