J&G CRUZ TRUCKING LLC
USDOT 2908332MC-Docket MC979317UNION CITY, NJ
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J&G CRUZ TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2908332) in UNION CITY, NJ — 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC) was filed 7 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-10-31) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 28.09 — elevated vs peers.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 18 times, most recent 2025-10-31 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
- 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.
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 2.35
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.08
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.22
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.24
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
0
Injuries
2
Crashes
88
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 13
- Total drivers
- 13
- Years in business
- 10
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 28.09Elevated vs peers
- Driver OOS rate
- 4.3%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 7.3%
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
- 18 times last 2025-10-31
- Physical address
- 1 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-10-21
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
147
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
189
Violations
11
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-29 → 2026-05-28.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-03-17
NJ
Tow-away
2024-11-05
PA
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Unsafe driving 392
|
98 | 1 | 2026-05-28 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
74 | 5 | 2026-04-13 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
9 | 0 | 2025-12-27 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
4 | 3 | 2025-11-24 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
2 | 0 | 2023-12-01 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2023-12-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
1 | 1 | 2025-06-26 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2026-03-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2026-01-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-12-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) obscured | — |
| 2025-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Two or more cracks anywhere. | OOS |
| 2025-12-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-12-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2025-12-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-11-24 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) in accordance with the current corr | OOS |
| 2025-11-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-11-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-11-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-10-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-09-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-08-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Reflex reflector(s) missing or improper | — |
| 2025-08-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2025-07-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-06-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-02-19 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) in accordance with the current corr | — |
| 2025-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-01-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Mismatched brake chamber sizes on the same axle other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-01-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2024-12-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
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.
2026-05-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-05-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-04-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2026-04-13 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2026-03-31 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2026-03-03 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-01-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2-B | — | — |
2026-01-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-12-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-12-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LSML | — | — |
2025-12-13 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRTC | OOS | — |
2025-12-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2025-12-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2025-11-24 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-11-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-11-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-11-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
2025-10-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-10-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
2025-10-24 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41B10-MC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
2025-09-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-09-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-09-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-08-21 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2025-08-13 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
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