TEXAS GULF INTERMODAL LLC

DOT# 3958170 MC# 1475277 Channelview, TX Authorized For-Hire
(832) 376-4099 a.meraz@yahoo.com 16223 2nd St, Channelview TX 77530
24 tractors · all owned 24 drivers 624k mi/yr · ~26k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 33.1 / 100
Moderate confidence
4 yrs history · 46 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
24
Drivers · CDL
24 · 24
Annual miles
624k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 24 0 0 24
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
09-22-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-20-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MIGUEL ANGEL MERAZ SR.

Cargo

60.8
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight
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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% 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 1.49×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.1 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About 1.5× 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 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.7 a year.
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.

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
    3 crashes with 5 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lapse in liability filings
    97 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record (Sep 11, 2023 – Dec 17, 2023) while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 35 of 87 violations (40%). Brake or light defects led to 12 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    32.6% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (15 of 46), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.16× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 5 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
46
33% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
32.6%
15 of 46
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 46
National avg 6.7%
Violations
87
22 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Texas (about 43 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 4 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 2 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 11 inspections, 4 out of service 11 Q3 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.083 0.029
Inspections 1.23 1.11
Violations 1.81 0.77
Critical violations 0.21 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

87 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    78 · 22 OOS
    Brakes 35 · Lights 18 · Tires 7 · Steering & suspension 5 · Wheels & hubs 2 · 11 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    9 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 9
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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
  • Jun
    9
    2026
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.
  • Jan
    27
    2026
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jul
    29
    2025
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Daylight.
  • Nov
    27
    2024
    Texas
    Injury · 3 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 14, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2023
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Dec 17, 2024, replaced the same day); 4 replaced before they took effect
  • 97 days without a liability filing (Sep 11, 2023 – Dec 17, 2023) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 6

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 15, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

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) 46

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).