AM3 TRANSPORTATION CO LLC
USDOT 3766845MC-Docket MC1343202PALMVIEW, TX
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AM3 TRANSPORTATION CO LLC (USDOT 3766845) in PALMVIEW, 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 2025-05-02 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Safety rating is Conditional — FMCSA found enough issues to flag but not enough to downgrade to Unsatisfactory.
- BASIC alert flagged in: Hours of Service.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above 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 2 times, most recent 2024-09-03 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2025-07-23 (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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 2
Hours of service
ALERT
measure 4.33
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 2.5
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 12.4
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
9
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
12
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 5
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 27.3%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 66.7%Above national
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
- 2 times last 2024-09-03
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-06-24
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2025-05-02
- Last compliance review
- 2025-07-23 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
21
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
84
Violations
21
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-13 → 2025-08-08.
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
|
39 | 8 | 2025-08-08 |
Hours of service 395
|
14 | 2 | 2025-08-08 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
13 | 2 | 2025-03-24 |
CDL standards 383
|
4 | 4 | 2025-03-24 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 1 | 2025-03-24 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
1 | 1 | 2024-05-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False Record of Duty Status - Improper use of Personal Conveyance Exception | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor with No retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material on vehicle manufactured after July 1997 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | OOS |
| 2025-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Adjustable axle locking pins missing or not engaged | OOS |
| 2025-01-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | — |
| 2025-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Upper Rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflecting material requirements for vehicles manufactured after December | — |
| 2025-01-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-11-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2024-11-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Failing to note malfunction that requires use of paper log | — |
| 2024-11-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front leaking or inflation 50% or less than of the maximum inflation pressure | OOS |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Has more two or more plies are exposed in the tread area exceeding 2 square inches | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Improperly joined such as a splice made by sliding the hose ends over a piece of tubing and clamping the hos | OOS |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction trailers manufactured after March 1 2001 unable to transmit ABS malfunction signal to towing | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers upper rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured before December 1 | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2024-10-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-10-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2024-09-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2024-09-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-09-18 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2024-09-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-06-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No Lower Rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for vehicles manufactured before Decemb | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 18 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-08-08 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-PC | — | — |
2025-03-24 8 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2024-10-01 23 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13(c)(3) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(3) | — | — |
2024-09-25 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(e) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2024-09-18 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
2024-09-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-06-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-05-23 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 502(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13(c)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2024-02-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2024-02-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-01-05 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 201BI-MC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a) | — | — |
2023-12-05 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(k)(2) | OOS | — |
2023-11-07 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2023-11-03 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207(f) | OOS | — |
2023-10-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2023-10-05 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2023-09-02 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
2023-07-13 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 24(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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