Carrier profile · USDOT 1368288 · MC-523381 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Prime Chemical Transport Inc

5 power unitsavg 15.2 yrLocal · 1 statesLA PORTE, TX50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-523381 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

2Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.2Avg age (yr)

2004–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(832) 978-6088 Email dispatchprimechemicaltransport@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 1

Not enough inspection history to rate3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.2 yr

Model years 2004–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 5-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

172.506 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 5 lapsesCoverage lapse

Canal’20–’22

Prime’22–’24

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2024	$1M	2
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Jun 2022 → Dec 2022	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2020 → Jun 2022	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2018 → Mar 2019	$1M	6
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2017 → Mar 2018	$1M	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2016	$1M	3
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2014 → Aug 2014	$1M	2
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2009 → Feb 2011	$1M	5
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2007 → Sep 2008	$1M	6
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2007 → Sep 2007	$1M	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2006 → Apr 2007	$1M	3
CONSUMERS COUNTY MUTUAL INS. CO.	May 2005 → Jan 2006	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 2

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.2 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

20.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

LA PORTE, TX

9413 CARLOW LANE

Top corridor

TX 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Shares a company officer with other carriers

juan cantu — 13 carriers: USDOT 1906862 USDOT 2022245 USDOT 2169574 USDOT 2266437 USDOT 2684290 USDOT 2685453 USDOT 2963571 USDOT 3036657

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9413 CARLOW LANE, LA PORTE, TX, 77571
Mailing address: P O BOX 7246, PASADENA, TX, 77508
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (832) 978-6088
Email: primechemicaltransport@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Juan Cantu
USDOT / docket: 1368288 · MC-523381
First registered: May 4, 2005
Last MCS-150: May 7, 2026 · 70,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

70,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC.

PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 1368288) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 18, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 1368288, and its motor carrier number is MC-523381.

Is PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 3 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

How big is PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC operates 5 power units and 5 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC based?

PRIME CHEMICAL TRANSPORT INC is based in LA PORTE, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

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