EL GENERAL SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTION LLC
USDOT 3987657MC-Docket MC1663564PASADENA, TX
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EL GENERAL SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTION LLC (USDOT 3987657) in PASADENA, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- 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.
- Current BIPD policy (UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC) was filed 28 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-02) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 12.5 not elevated.
- 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.
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 3.33
Hours of service
No alert
measure 4.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 3.73
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 2.8
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
0
Crashes
18
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
17
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 3
- Total drivers
- 4
- Years in business
- 4
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 12.5
- Driver OOS rate
- 50%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 25%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
- 1 (not recurring)
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-09
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
24
Inspections
16
OOS inspections
75
Violations
26
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-29 → 2026-04-28.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Hours of service 395
|
22 | 14 | 2026-04-28 |
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
12 | 1 | 2026-02-22 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
11 | 3 | 2026-02-22 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
6 | 0 | 2026-04-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
5 | 2 | 2024-09-04 |
Safety fitness procedures 385
|
2 | 2 | 2023-11-08 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-12-13 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2023-05-29 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2026-02-22 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame - Cab or body mounts loose/broken/missing | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-12-13 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2025-10-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-10-09 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial motor vehicle without showing proof of a valid medical certification upo | — |
| 2025-10-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-10-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-10-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2025-10-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-09-15 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2025-03-16 | Driver Fitness | Driver does not have a valid operator's license for the CMV being operated | OOS |
| 2025-03-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2025-03-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | OOS |
| 2025-03-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-03-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2025-03-16 | Driver Fitness | Expired medical examiner's certificate | — |
| 2025-03-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-02-04 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | — |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-01-21 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot read or speak the English language sufficiently to respond to official inquiries | — |
| 2025-01-21 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | — |
| 2025-01-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | OOS |
| 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 | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-01-08 | 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 | — |
| 2024-09-22 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving after 70 hours on duty in a 8 day period. (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2024-09-22 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2024-09-22 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate - no previous history | — |
| 2024-09-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2024-08-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Leak from air chamber | — |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2024-07-09 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-07-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2024-06-30 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 16 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-28 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2026-02-22 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201B-FR | — | — |
2025-12-13 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2025-10-09 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A-MCPC | — | — |
2025-10-02 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2025-03-16 9 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-PROP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-PROP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B5-DNL | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 45B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G | — | — |
2025-02-04 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2024-09-22 4 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3B2 | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A1-NPH | — | — |
2024-09-04 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-08-05 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(e) | — | — |
2024-07-09 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(f)(1) | — | — |
2024-06-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(3)(ii) | — | — |
2023-11-08 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety fitness procedures 385 | 337(b) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9(c)(2) | — | — |
2023-10-23 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety fitness procedures 385 | 337(b) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | — | — |
2023-06-13 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2023-05-29 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a)(1) | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a)(1) | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
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