AML CARGO LLC

DOT# 2883140 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(832) 298-0880 service@cartierinsurance.com 40 Maxey Rd, Houston TX 77013
12 tractors · all owned 19 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
10 yrs history · 34 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
19 · 19
Annual miles
150k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 12 0 0 12
Trailers 12 0 0 12

Registration

Registered
04-26-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-07-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MANUEL RIVAS

Cargo

54.8
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: PIPES Paper Products Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Oilfield Equipment, General Freight

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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Texas only. Intrastate fleets in Texas are inspected about 1 a year for every 3 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. Its roadside record counts the same way as an interstate fleet's.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate 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 1.60×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.60× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.41× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Feb 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 29 of 76 violations (38%). Light or brake defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.9% vs 8.5% for intrastate motor carriers.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
34
35% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
26.5%
9 of 34
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
2.9%
1 of 34
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
76
12 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Texas (about 9 in 24 months would be typical; 46% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 10 inspections, 3 out of service 10 Q3 '26
vs 2,534 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.016
Inspections 2.00 0.46
Violations 3.17 0.45
Critical violations 0.21 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

76 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    73 · 11 OOS
    Lights 29 · Brakes 20 · Steering & suspension 4 · Tires 3 · Wheels & hubs 3 · 14 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • May
    23
    2026
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    20
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.
  • Dec
    11
    2024
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Nov
    1
    2024
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Texas (HQ) 33
  • Federal inspectors 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (97%).