Carrier profile · USDOT 2546187 · MC-886371 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Houston Refrigerated Trucking LLC

20 power unitsavg 8.4 yrLocal · 2 statesHOUSTON, TX80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-886371 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

38Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.4Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 928-9940 Email dispatchdcarroll@hrlcorp.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average37.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes11 crashes involving injuries are on record.

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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.4 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

58 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 37.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 15.3 pts across the window. 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

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 58
Annualized: ≈29 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving58 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 11 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 15 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 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$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Republic’14–’16

Hallmark County’17–’19

Trisura Specialty’20–’24

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO · since Jan 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO	Oct 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	2
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2024 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Oct 2024	$750K	10
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Jan 2019	$750K	4
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2017	$750K	1
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2014 → Oct 2014	$750K	2
REPUBLIC UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2014 → Oct 2016	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 38

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

35.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 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

HOUSTON, TX

8050 HARRISBURG BLVD

Top corridor

TX 57

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 484360 USDOT 1744230 USDOT 1417760Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (23 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 484360 USDOT 2371365 USDOT 185732 USDOT 3916913 USDOT 2399905 USDOT 2537836 USDOT 428823 USDOT 903708

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@hrlcorp.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3057565

Shares a company officer with other carriers

dennis carroll — 4 carriers: USDOT 1533801 USDOT 2855470 USDOT 3057565

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 8050 HARRISBURG BLVD, HOUSTON, TX, 77012
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (713) 928-9940
Fax: (713) 928-9970
Email: dcarroll@hrlcorp.com
Web domain: hrlcorp.com

Registration

Officers: Julie Carroll · Dennis Carroll
USDOT / docket: 2546187 · MC-886371
First registered: Sep 30, 2014
Last MCS-150: Jul 15, 2026 · 1,200,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,200,000

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 HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC.

HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2546187) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed 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 $750,000 limit in force from AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO effective Jan 5, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 37.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 58 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 58 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 20 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 15, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 2546187, and its motor carrier number is MC-886371.

Is HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC has a 37.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 94 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC's fleet?

HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC operates 20 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC based?

HOUSTON REFRIGERATED TRUCKING LLC is based in HOUSTON, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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