Carrier profile · USDOT 2199516 · MC-763215 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Leq Transport LLC

DBA D-STAR TRANSPORT

29 power unitsavg 17.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCHANNELVIEW, TX80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-763215 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

29Power units

47 observed · MCS-150

41Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

17.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(281) 457-7278 Email dispatchsafety@dstartransport.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 average34.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes14 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 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

29 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

17.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

122 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 34.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 121 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.7% · 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 1.7 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

119 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 29
Inspections · 24 mo: 122
Annualized: ≈61 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.1 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 Maintenance61 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 17 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 18 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 4 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance16 · 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$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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Hallmark County’13–’18

United Specialty’19–’21

National’21–’23

Clear Blue’23–now

2011201520192023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2023 → Sep 2025	$750K	2
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Sep 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2021	$750K	3
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2013 → Sep 2018	$750K	6
TORUS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2012 → Oct 2013	$750K	2
AMERICAN SOUTHERN INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2011 → Oct 2012	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 29
Observed power (24 mo): 47
Trailers (towed): 41

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

17.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

79.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

122

TX busiest

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

Home base

CHANNELVIEW, TX

17124 MARKET ST

Top corridor

TX 107 · OK 7 · CO 3

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: 5 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3008960 USDOT 1802477 USDOT 3300200 USDOT 1558565Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (38 trucks · 26 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1802477 USDOT 3133440 USDOT 3342873 USDOT 2519125 USDOT 2555695 USDOT 3300200 USDOT 2149161 USDOT 3530153

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@dstartransport.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1822666

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 17124 MARKET ST, CHANNELVIEW, TX, 77530
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (281) 457-7278
Fax: (281) 457-1342
Email: safety@dstartransport.com
Web domain: dstartransport.com

Registration

Officer: Jose E Escoto
USDOT / docket: 2199516 · MC-763215
First registered: Oct 6, 2011
Last MCS-150: Sep 12, 2025 · 3,538,381 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 2, 2020
Recordable crash rate: 20.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,538,381

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 LEQ TRANSPORT LLC.

LEQ TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2199516) 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 16, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 34.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 122 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 107 vehicle-level and 121 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 6 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 29 power units and 33 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 12, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 2, 2020 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LEQ TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

LEQ TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2199516, and its motor carrier number is MC-763215.

Is LEQ TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is LEQ TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

LEQ TRANSPORT LLC has a 34.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 188 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is LEQ TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

LEQ TRANSPORT LLC operates 29 power units and 33 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LEQ TRANSPORT LLC based?

LEQ TRANSPORT LLC is based in CHANNELVIEW, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 8 states.

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