BLACK SEA TRANSPORTATION LLC
USDOT 2331239MC-Docket MC796049ST CHARLES, IL
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized60 power units
BLACK SEA TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2331239) in ST CHARLES, IL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 8 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2019-10-15 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 3.78
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.26
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.1
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 4.61
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
3
Injuries
8
Crashes
328
Inspections
58
OOS inspections
73
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 60
- Total drivers
- 60
- Years in business
- 14
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 8 of 8 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.7%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 21.9%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 6 times last 2019-10-15
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-02-09
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
505
Inspections
92
OOS inspections
587
Violations
127
OOS violations
6
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-16 → 2026-06-11.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-03-01
IL
Tow-away
2026-01-30
IL
Tow-away
2026-01-15
PA
1 injured
2025-09-11
MO
Tow-away
2025-04-10
MD
Tow-away
2024-12-10
RI
1 injuredTow-away
2024-08-27
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2024-07-31
KY
Tow-away
2024-05-16
TX
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
355 | 96 | 2026-06-11 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
86 | 1 | 2026-05-27 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
41 | 25 | 2026-05-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
41 | 3 | 2026-03-31 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
26 | 0 | 2026-06-11 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
18 | 7 | 2026-06-08 |
CDL standards 383
|
7 | 7 | 2026-05-15 |
Hazmat driving & parking 397
|
5 | 0 | 2025-06-27 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 2 | 2026-05-15 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 171
|
2 | 0 | 2024-09-30 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2024-03-30 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
1 | 0 | 2023-08-18 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 180
|
1 | 0 | 2024-04-17 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Contaminated friction surface | OOS |
| 2026-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | OOS |
| 2026-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-04-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-22 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Emergency Response) - Failing to ensure the emergency response telephone number is entered on the shipping paper as | — |
| 2026-04-22 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Shipper HM shipping paper does not list hazard class or division number as required. | — |
| 2026-04-22 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Shipper HM shipping paper does not list proper shipping name as required. | — |
| 2026-04-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-04-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 2001 for towed vehicle. | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-04-14 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Shipper HM shipping paper does not list total quantity/unit of measure as required. | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Motor carrier failed to include required user identification data in ELD account | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to select/deselect or annotate a special driving category or exempt status | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing power unit spring brake | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2026-03-13 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2026-03-13 | Unsafe Driving | Improper turns | — |
| 2026-03-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2026-03-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-03-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-03-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment (HM) - No 10 B:C (or more) fire extinguisher for quantities of hazardous materials that requires pla | — |
| 2026-03-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2026-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Placarding) - Failure to provide/affix placards when required. | — |
| 2026-02-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-02-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-02-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-06-11 4 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A2-HMSPS | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A5-HMSPS | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A7-HMSPS | — | — |
2026-06-09 4 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 79 | — | — |
2026-06-08 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 823A-HMPMCM | — | — |
2026-05-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2026-05-19 3 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
2026-05-15 6 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
2026-05-15 2 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B4 | OOS | — |
2026-05-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 502A1-HMPP | — | — |
2026-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-04-28 2 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
2026-04-28 3 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | OOS | — |
2026-04-22 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 604A3-HMER | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A2-HMSPS | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A3-HMSPS | — | — |
2026-04-20 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2026-04-16 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
2026-04-15 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2-B | — | — |
2026-04-14 4 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2026-04-14 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 202A5-HMSPS | — | — |
2026-04-13 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2026-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2026-03-31 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22B2II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 28 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | — | — |
2026-03-24 4 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB-SPR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2026-03-13 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2T | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
2026-03-11 5 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1I | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
2026-03-11 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-03-10 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
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