ZG CARRIERS LLC
USDOT 3204001MC-Docket MC196386LAREDO, TX
Review before tendering5 power units
ZG CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 3204001) in LAREDO, 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 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.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2018-12-26 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- 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 out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 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.
- 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 3.88
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.67
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.09
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.18
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 5.56
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
1
Crashes
55
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
20
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 5
- Total drivers
- 5
- Years in business
- 8
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 8.2%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 19.3%
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
- None on file
- Physical address
- 1 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-10-27
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2018-12-26
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
75
Inspections
19
OOS inspections
132
Violations
30
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-11-06 → 2026-04-24.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-11-25
OK
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
54 | 15 | 2026-03-20 |
Hours of service 395
|
30 | 5 | 2026-02-20 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
16 | 2 | 2026-01-29 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
12 | 1 | 2026-02-20 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
1 | 1 | 2026-02-20 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-03-18 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels | OOS |
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Suspension connecting rod or tracking component assembly missing the rubber bushing or the rubber bushing i | OOS |
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status | OOS |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo not immobilized or secured | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-12-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2025-12-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2025-11-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front less than 2/32 inch tread depth | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-10-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-10-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit in a 14-hour period. (Property carrying vehicle) - Nominal Violation | — |
| 2025-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2025-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-06-25 | Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | Drugs/Other Substances - Operate a CMV while in possession. | OOS |
| 2025-06-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver failed to retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous 7 consecutive days which sh | OOS |
| 2025-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | OOS |
| 2025-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient tiedowns (with headerboard/blocking). At least one tiedown for every 10 feet of article length or | OOS |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-05-15 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | 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.
2026-03-20 4 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43DBMA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 130C-CHVE | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STBW | OOS | — |
2026-02-20 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 834A-HMC | OOS | — |
2026-02-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2026-01-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-01-19 19 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F12-HOSM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F08I | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F08I | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8H01 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8H05 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8H05 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2 | OOS | — |
2026-01-14 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-12-17 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | OOS | — |
2025-11-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3-C | — | — |
2025-11-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2025-11-06 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B-TF | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
2025-10-28 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-10-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-08-27 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-HOSPRNP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D5-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D5-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D11-HOSF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D3-HOSF | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-07-23 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-06-25 4 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 4A-DOSP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSRC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2025-06-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2025-06-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-06-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
2025-06-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
2025-05-20 8 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110C-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
2025-05-15 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-04-24 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
2025-03-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-03-18 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2025-02-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B-TFV | — | — |
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