BORDERLINE FREIGHT CO
USDOT 1190102MC-Docket MC475152EL PASO, TX
Review before tendering20 power units
BORDERLINE FREIGHT CO (USDOT 1190102) in EL PASO, TX — 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.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- 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.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 11 times, most recent 2020-04-06 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2006-04-25 (C).
- 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
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.06
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.14
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.94
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
0
Crashes
50
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
6
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 20
- Total drivers
- 19
- Years in business
- 23
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 15.6%
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
- 11 times last 2020-04-06
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-21
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2006-04-25 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
72
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
71
Violations
7
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-14 → 2026-05-20.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
40 | 4 | 2026-03-17 |
Hours of service 395
|
9 | 0 | 2025-03-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 2 | 2026-02-03 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
7 | 0 | 2025-11-14 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2023-10-20 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Leaking 3 PSI in 5 minutes | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - outer wheel | — |
| 2025-11-14 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2025-09-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-07-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | OOS |
| 2025-07-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Leak from air chamber | — |
| 2025-07-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-03-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-03-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2025-02-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-12-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2024-12-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to assume or decline unassigned driving time | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD | — |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - A power unit requiring fuses - missing a spare fuse for a required part or accessory (e.g. lamps r | — |
| 2024-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2024-06-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2024-06-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit in a 14 hour period. (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2024-05-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
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.
2026-03-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
2026-02-13 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207F-SLAS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
2026-02-05 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
2026-02-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-12-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLOW | — | — |
2025-11-14 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B-DFPWD | — | — |
2025-07-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2025-07-28 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-LC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2025-07-16 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-04-16 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | OOS | — |
2025-03-28 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G | — | — |
2025-02-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2024-12-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
2024-10-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
2024-10-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32B | — | — |
2024-09-30 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(b) | — | — |
2024-06-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(3)(i) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(2) | — | — |
2024-05-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
2024-02-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-01-01 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(3) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2023-12-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2023-11-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
2023-10-20 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
2023-10-14 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13(c)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2023-09-28 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
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