TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC
(956) 416-5013
transportesespecializadosruiz@gmail.com
3021 Embassy Rd, Rio Grande City TX 78582
39
tractors · all owned
45 drivers
6.3M mi/yr · ~161k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 60.8 / 100
Moderate confidence
14 yrs history · 211 roadside inspections
FMCSA Live Status
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 39
- Drivers · CDL
- 45 · 1
- Annual miles
- 6.3M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Trailers | 86 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
Registration
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (02-06-2018) · 8 yr old
- Registered
- 04-18-2012 (14 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 10-02-2025
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ ALANIS
Cargo
58.2
medium risk
Meat
Refrigerated Food
General Freight
Fresh Produce
Beverages
Other: SCRAP CARDBOARD
Dry Bulk
Paper Products
- High-Risk Cargo
- General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat
Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
This motor carrier 0.93×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.7 vs 1.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.7
Similar fleets
1.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.8 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.
Worth a closer look
From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.
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Injury crashes1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Drivers put out of service17 out-of-service violations against drivers: 8 English proficiency, 5 no valid CDL, 4 hours of service (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026).Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
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Lights and brakesLights are 82 of 308 violations (27%). Light or brake defects led to 33 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Falsified logs5 false-log violations in 24 months.Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
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Dangerous driving: 3
Track record
FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
· grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
211
48% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
22.5%
41 of 182
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
8.1%
17 of 211
National avg 6.7%
Violations
308
62 out-of-service
Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Texas (about 70 in 24 months would be typical).
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
vs 10,543 peer fleets
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.038 | 0.029 |
| Inspections | 4.32 | 1.12 |
| Violations | 3.95 | 0.78 |
| Critical violations | 0.38 | 0.15 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
308 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert249 · 45 OOSLights 82 · Brakes 77 · Tires 15 · Cargo securement 11 · Steering & suspension 7 · 57 more
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Driver fitness No alert37 · 13 OOSEnglish proficiency 32 · No valid CDL 5
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Hours of service No alert13 · 4 OOSLogbook / ELD paperwork 6 · False log 5 · Over hours limit 2
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Unsafe driving No alert9 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 3 · Phone use 1 · Speeding 1 · Other 4
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Jan122026VirginiaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Oct152025VirginiaProperty damage onlyDark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Oct132025TexasInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight.
1 of the 3 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026Today · live FMCSA check
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- Liability (BIPD)
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$750,000 · Sutton Specialty Insurance Companyon record since Oct 2, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2012
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO (Jul 2025)
- 11 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 10 took effect (the last Apr 26, 2026, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
- FMCSA notice served Sep 2, 2026 (suspension effective Oct 2, 2026); the authority stayed active. FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.
- FMCSA notices resolved in time: 9
Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 9, 2012)
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
31 filings and 19 authority events since 2012 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record
31 filings and 19 authority events since 2012 · FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.
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Oct 2, 2026Sutton Specialty Insurance CompanyLiability · $750,000 · on fileFMCSA's new system
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Sep 2, 2026FMCSA suspension notice for the operating authority, effective Oct 2, 2026the authority stayed activeFMCSA's new system
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Apr 26, 2026Sutton Specialty Insurance CompanyLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 2, 2026 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)5 months in forceFMCSA's new system
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Mar 30, 2026FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 10, 2026opened after SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO filed a cancellation notice (effective Apr 26, 2026)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 10, 2026SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 26, 2026 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 29, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 13, 2026opened after SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 28, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 28, 2025SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 10, 2026 · cancellation notice took effectL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 1, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 11, 2025opened after SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 28, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 2, 2025SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COLiability · $750,000 · ended Dec 28, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 15, 2025SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 2, 2025 · replaced by the same insurer (renewal)3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jul 15, 2025SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 2, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jun 23, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jul 14, 2025opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jul 20, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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May 29, 2025ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jul 15, 2025 · replaced by another insurera cancellation notice effective Jul 20, 2025 came after the replacement; 2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Apr 26, 2025ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended May 29, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 31, 2025FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Apr 2, 2025opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Mar 29, 2025)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Mar 29, 2025ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Apr 26, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Jan 26, 2025ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Mar 29, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect2 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 30, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Jan 23, 2025opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 27, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 27, 2024ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Jan 26, 2025 · cancellation notice took effect1 month in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Dec 2, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 6, 2024opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 27, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 2, 2024ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Dec 27, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect3 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 5, 2024FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 3, 2024opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 2, 2024)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 2, 2023ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 2, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
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Sep 5, 2023FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 2, 2023opened after ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 2, 2023)L&I to May 14, 2026
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Oct 2, 2022ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANYLiability · $750,000 · ended Oct 2, 2023 · cancellation notice took effect12 months in forceL&I to May 14, 2026
What the terms mean
- Liability filing (BIPD):
- The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
- FMCSA minimum:
- $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
- Primary / excess:
- An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
- Replaced:
- A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
- Cancellation notice:
- Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
- Cancellation processed by FMCSA:
- FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
- Lapse:
- Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
- Suspended for insurance:
- FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
- FMCSA notice resolved in time:
- Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
- Suspension notice:
- Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
- Cargo filing:
- Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
- Broker bond / trust fund:
- Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
- Self-insurance authority:
- FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
- Risk retention group:
- An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
- FMCSA record through:
- The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.
FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
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Inspections by state
- Federal inspectors 104
- Texas (HQ) 84
- Tennessee 5
- Alabama 3
- Georgia 3
- Illinois 2
- Louisiana 2
- Pennsylvania 2
40% of inspections were in its home state.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (49 power units: 39 filed, 49 seen roadside in 24 months).
Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet
crashes per year · same scale
Average peer fleet
1.8
Actual, per year in window
1.3
Projected, next 12 mo
1.7
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We'd expect a typical fleet of 49 power units this active to have about 1.8 crashes a year (sized from the 49 units seen roadside; 39 filed). This motor carrier recorded 4 in its scoring window (Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026, about 1.3 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 1.7 over the next 12. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
Fatal-crash risk: about 4% chance in the next 12 months
Modeled fatal-crash rate is about typical for similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).
Track Record Used
Crashes Oct 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026 · inspections Nov 1, 2024 → Oct 31, 2026 · data as of Nov 4, 2026
Inside that window:
218 inspections
and 4 crashes.
The FMCSA record tables now hold 207 inspections and 3 crashes in that window — the SMS data moved after this grade was computed.
Outside the scoring window
on the FMCSA record · not in this grade
Aged out — crashes before Oct 1, 2023, inspections before Nov 1, 2024
- 4 inspections with no out-of-service result
Confidence: Moderate · Z = 0.48
Satisfactory — 0.93x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.037 crashes per power-unit-year for a 49-unit for-hire fleet (pu20_49). Violations 0.97x (driver behaviour 0.81x, out-of-service 1.05x, all violations 0.81x; 218 inspections). Experience 0.96x: 2.4 decayed crashes against 2.7 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.48, a 2.89). 80% range 0.45–1.48x. Fleet sized at 49 units from roadside VINs (39 filed). Last change: fleet size or class.
Since the previous weekly run the risk relativity moved +8.2%, driven by fleet size or class attributes.
What Drives This Score
1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
Class rate
3.7 crashes per 100 power-unit-years
49 power units (39 filed, 49 seen roadside) · 1.79 expected crashes a year
Violation relativity
0.97×
218 inspections in window
Crash experience
0.96×
2.4 decayed crashes vs 2.7 expected · credibility 0.48
Driver behaviour
Out-of-service rate
All violations
0×1× class2×+
Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.
Relativity to class 0.93× (80% range 0.45–1.48×)
· band Satisfactory
· cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
211
Driver Insp
211
Driver OOS
17
Vehicle Insp
182
Vehicle OOS
41
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 8 | 1.10 | |
| HOS Compliance | 9 | 0.38 | |
| Driver Fitness | 34 | 1.07 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 87 | 6.13 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-25 – 31-OCT-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.