NICA CONTAINER TX INC

DOT# 4450657 MC# 1753808 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(713) 357-7622 safetyhou@nicacontainer.com 1717 Turning Basin Ste 365, Houston TX 77029
30 tractors 24 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 88.6 / 100
Low confidence
1 yr history · 23 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
30
Drivers · CDL
24 · 24
Annual miles
0 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 28 2 0 30
Trailers 0 0 45 45

Registration

Registered
08-08-2025 (1 yr)
MCS-150 Update
10-02-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MINERVA PADILLLA

Cargo

61.2
medium risk
Intermodal Containers General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
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 is missing or zero despite observed safety 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).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% 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 0.61×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 1.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
1.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 1.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.53× and violations 0.60× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -10%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 11 of 24 violations (46%). Light or brake defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • 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, Jan 2026 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
23
39% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
30.0%
6 of 20
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.3%
1 of 23
National avg 6.7%
Violations
24
10 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Texas (about 54 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 8 inspections, 3 out of service 8 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 9 inspections, 3 out of service 9 Q3 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.69 1.11
Violations 0.67 0.77
Critical violations 0.08 0.15

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

What they get cited for

24 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    21 · 9 OOS
    Lights 11 · Brakes 5 · Steering & suspension 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 0 OOS
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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.
on record since Oct 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2025
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: Hartford Fire Insurance Company → NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA. (Oct 2026)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Sep 8, 2025)

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) 22
  • Alabama 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (96%).