PRIME CARGO LLC
USDOT 4243949MC-Docket MC1643940CHARLOTTE, NC
Do not tenderHazmat-authorized26 power units
PRIME CARGO LLC (USDOT 4243949) in CHARLOTTE, NC — carries a hard disqualifier. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- Authority revocation is currently pending — carrier may lose operating authority soon.
- 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.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- 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. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
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 8.02
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.02
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.53
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 4.45
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
1
Crashes
57
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
17
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 26
- Total drivers
- 25
- Years in business
- 2
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 7%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 27.3%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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-02-01
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
64
Inspections
15
OOS inspections
78
Violations
21
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-07-04 → 2026-05-17.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-01-05
CA
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
28 | 12 | 2026-04-27 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
21 | 1 | 2026-04-29 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
2 | 2 | 2025-11-05 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-02-25 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 2 | 2025-11-06 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 0 | 2026-04-23 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
1 | 0 | 2025-11-05 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
1 | 0 | 2025-11-05 |
Hours of service 395
|
1 | 0 | 2025-12-18 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver failing to conduct pre-trip inspection | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake connections with leaks or constrictions | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper heavy vehicle/machine securement | OOS |
| 2026-02-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Dressed Lumber/Similar Building Products - Improper Securement of bundles transported using more than one tier. | OOS |
| 2026-01-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2025-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both missing when required to be on. | OOS |
| 2025-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake connections with leaks or constrictions | — |
| 2025-11-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2025-11-06 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Driver Fitness | License - Endorsement - Operate a CMV without proper endorsement | OOS |
| 2025-11-05 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Placarding) - 50% or more of the required placards for a category of material (hazard class or division) are missing | OOS |
| 2025-11-05 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Operate a motor vehicle without a required shipping paper. NOTE: An error in the shipping descrip | OOS |
| 2025-11-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-11-05 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Emergency Response) - No emergency response information | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Horn - Inoperative or defective | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-09-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inadequate lining/pad thickness | — |
| 2025-09-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-07-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-07-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - No edge protection for tiedowns | — |
| 2025-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-18 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-04-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-02-25 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - A person required to have a CLP or CDL who is disqualified must not drive a CMV | OOS |
| 2025-02-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-01-28 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-01-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-01-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-01-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failed to place warning devices on the road surface | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-04-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
2026-04-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-ALBV | — | — |
2026-04-22 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
2026-03-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-02-22 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2DIM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 130 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 7A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D | — | — |
2026-02-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-02-19 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 118D-CDL | OOS | — |
2026-01-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
2026-01-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-12-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
2025-11-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
2025-11-21 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLMWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
2025-11-20 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
2025-11-18 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D | — | — |
2025-11-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-11-06 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-11-05 6 viols· 3 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 602A-HMER | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 817A-HMSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 823A-HMPMCNP50% | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B5-LNCDLNVE | OOS | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 620B-HMAMC | — | — |
2025-08-19 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2025-07-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | Conviction of a Different Charge |
2025-06-26 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F4-C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2025-04-18 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
2025-03-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-02-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2025-02-25 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-LCDLRSWD | OOS | — |
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