Carrier profile · USDOT 549189 · MC-271338 · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

Gulf Coast Intermodal LLC

DBA GULF COAST INTERMODAL

90 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 6 statesTHEODORE, AL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-271338 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

90Power units

61 observed · MCS-150

86Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.3Avg age (yr)

2000–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(251) 653-1931 Email dispatchmicah@gulfcoastintermodal.com

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 208 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

90 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.3 yr

Model years 2000–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Safety

108 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Sep 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 18.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.3 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 14

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 90
Inspections · 24 mo: 108
Annualized: ≈54 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’24 · 12 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Hanover’98–’01

Lincoln General’01–’08

Great West’08–’11

Great West’15–’19

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SELF-INSURED · since Jun 2024

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Jun 2024	$1M	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Mar 2023	$1M	9
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2021	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2019 → Mar 2020	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2015 → Mar 2019	$1M	3
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2014 → Mar 2015	$1M	2
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Mar 2013 → Mar 2014	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2011 → Mar 2013	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2008 → Mar 2011	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2001 → Mar 2008	$1M	4
CITIZENS INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA	Apr 1998 → Apr 1998	$1M	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1998 → Apr 2001	$1M	2
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Apr 1996 → Apr 1998	$1M	4
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 1995 → Apr 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Sep 10, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 90
Observed power (24 mo): 61
Trailers (towed): 86

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.3 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

65.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Sep 17, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

107

AL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Alabama: 95 inspections
Georgia: 7 inspections
Florida: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections

Home base

THEODORE, AL

5995 MIDDLE RD

Top corridor

AL 95 · GA 7 · FL 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Sep 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 8 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 232734 USDOT 516243 USDOT 3495176 USDOT 1266329 USDOT 3238590 USDOT 292991 USDOT 3344006Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (48 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3623578 USDOT 4183794 USDOT 232734 USDOT 516243 USDOT 2423162 USDOT 3989316 USDOT 3472462 USDOT 3716610

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Sep 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 5995 MIDDLE RD, THEODORE, AL, 36582-1751
Mailing address: P O BOX 190631, MOBILE, AL, 36619
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (251) 653-1931
Fax: (251) 653-4772
Email: micah@gulfcoastintermodal.com
Web domain: gulfcoastintermodal.com

Registration

Officers: Gene Mezick · Roy Kuykendall
USDOT / docket: 549189 · MC-271338
First registered: Jan 31, 1994
Last MCS-150: Jul 7, 2025 · 7,000,992 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 25, 2014
D-U-N-S: 847341385

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

7,000,992

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Sep 3, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Jul 9, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Jul 9, 2026Carrier record changeActive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)

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19%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

14 of 75 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

58violation records

10OOS-tagged records

14 of 75inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Lights

1638%6 / 16

Other vehicle maintenance

1315%2 / 13

Unsafe driving

128%1 / 12

Brakes

1010%1 / 10

Hours of service

70%0 / 7

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

40%

15%

30%

12%Oct 24 to Apr 253 / 25

14%Apr 25 to Oct 252 / 14

13%Oct 25 to Apr 262 / 15

33%Apr 26 to Oct 267 / 21

Top 3 codes (12 of 58 records)

393.9 Inoperative required lamps5
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps4
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3

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393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data2
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection2
390.21TG3-IEP USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.2-ML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.7B-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.9AA1 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.25A-L Lighting device requirements1
393.43A-TPV Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45C-BSG Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2II ELD — record edits / data1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak1

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC.

GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC (USDOT 549189) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SELF-INSURED effective Jun 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier received 108 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 75 vehicle-level and 108 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

It reports 90 power units and 72 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 7, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 25, 2014 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC's USDOT number?

GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC's USDOT number is 549189, and its motor carrier number is MC-271338.

Is GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026. GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC's safety record?

GULF COAST INTERMODAL LLC has a 18.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 208 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).