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Company CheckMELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING LLC · DOT 4368227

DBA: MELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING

5235 ELIZABETH ST APT 2, CUDAHY, CA, 90201

DOT# 4368227 MC# 1710480 Cudahy, California

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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

13 events tracked · latest May 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 8

May 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jan 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
Oct 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Oct 16, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.
Oct 9, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.
Sep 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 1, 2025
GRANTED MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER.
Apr 7, 2025
DISMISSED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.

Insurance 5

Nov 9, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC).
Oct 15, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC).
Oct 10, 2025
Insurance on file through NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC ($750).
Oct 10, 2025
Insurance on file through NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC ($750).
Oct 10, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC).

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

Contact Details

Phone(619) 925-0666

Email[email protected]

Physical Address5235 ELIZABETH ST APT 2, CUDAHY, CA, 90201

Mailing Address2455 OTAY CENTER DRIVE STE 117, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92154

Other Companies at This Address

Address5235 ELIZABETH ST APT 2, CUDAHY, CA 90201

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
MELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING LLC this company	4368227	(619) 925-0666	Active
OSCAR ANTONIO BRIZUELA TORRES	3244291	(323) 594-3911	Active
10 STARS LOGISTICS INC	3128984	(323) 718-9305	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

DocketMC1710480

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Company Overview

MELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Cudahy, California. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 2 drivers. The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, MELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING LLC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

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 1.27 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.09 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 12.57 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

SmartWay PartnerNo

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective01/28/2026

CompanyTRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #TTT-01-1-255346

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

MCS-15010/2025

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

2025

4 · 2 OOS -

2026

2 · 0 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 May 2026, 6 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 6 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 7 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
05/29/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	LUMBERTON NC	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CARSON PLATFORM SCALES	6	0	0	0	6	-	▲Detail
10/24/2025	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEQUOYAH POE	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE NB IF	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
07/24/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	ST. GEORGE UT	2	1	0	1	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 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC	MDX-25-289740-00	$750,000	10/10/2025	10/15/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC	MDX-25-289740-00	$750,000	10/10/2025	11/09/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO RRG, LLC	MDX-25-289740-00	$750,000	07/02/2025	10/10/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1710480	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/14/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/16/2025
MC1710480	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/09/2025
MC1710480	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/01/2025	-	-
MC1710480	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	04/07/2025	-	-

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

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

Very new carrier (under 1 year)−10

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

Very new carrier (under 1 year)

Operating authority was granted less than a year ago.

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) knockout	−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.

MELS LOGISTICS TRUCKING LLC

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Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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