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BAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLC

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Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution
Policy effective · Jul 26, 2025
Review these
  • OOS rate worse than size peers Vehicle 20.0% vs peer 0.00% Details →
On file
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 TIMBER CREEK CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC · 91X Details →
  • BOC-3 process agent on file Owner Operator Services Inc Details →
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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste) 
TruckCodex risk summary — BAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2500289)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $1,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Vehicle 20.0% vs peer 0.00%

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 — TIMBER CREEK CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — Owner Operator Services Inc

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/2500289/
As of: Aug 28, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
USDOT 2500289 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Company officer: GEORGE CHIN General Freight Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber Dry Bulk Construction Based in METAIRE, LA

FMCSA census as of Aug 28, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 4/5 scored components (mean 85/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand
Authority / census
Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD
BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers
Mixed vs peers · 40/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 20% vs peer median 0% (worse). n=276430 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating
Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier
Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓
  • Physical street 300 JEFFERSON HWY STE 601 → 300 E JEFFERSON HWY STE 601 · Aug 28, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
  • Physical city JEFFERSON → METAIRE · Aug 18, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
Operating authority
Insurance

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

Owner Operator Services Inc

Company profile

Company details
USDOT 2500289
In FMCSA records since Apr 28, 2014 (~12y)
MC / docket MC866536
Company officer GEORGE CHIN
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Cargo carried
General Freight, Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber, Dry Bulk, Construction
Fleet size 2 units
Drivers 2
Annual mileage 167,000 mi
Contact & address
Phone: (504) 241-5056
Email: [email protected]
Physical
300 E JEFFERSON HWY STE 601
METAIRE, LA 70121
Mailing
P O BOX 156
METAIRIE, LA 70004
Registration & safety rating
USDOT 2500289
In FMCSA records since Apr 28, 2014 (~12y)
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage (MCS-150) 167,000 mi
vs. National Average
Vehicle OOS Rate 20.0% vs 23.4% -3.4 pts
Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts
Violations per Inspection 2.00 vs 1.80 +0.20
Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%
Active liability insurance
FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Related filings

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type Owned Term leased Trip leased
Truck tractors 2 0 0
Trailers 2 0 0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Inspections (24 months)

All 17 inspections →
Driver Vehicle Hazmat
Inspections 7 7 0
OOS inspections 0 1 0
OOS percentage 0% 14.29% —
National average 6.7% 23.4% 4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units
2
Drivers
2
Inspections
17
FMCSA roadside history on file
OOS Rate (peak)
20.0%
driver or vehicle, whichever higher
Crashes
1
None in last 24 months · all-time on file
Authorities
1
1 active
Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

BAYOU DRAGON TRANSPORT LLC had 7 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 14.3%, which is below the national average of 19.3%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 14.0.

Inspection profile

7 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, concentrated in LA (4) and MS (2).

Violation profile

14.3% out-of-service rate, below the 19.3% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (23.1% of violations); top code 393.9(a) (Inoperable required lamps) cited 6 times, 1 of them OOS.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 2 power units (small fleet) and 2 drivers; Freightliner, Transcraft, and Trao are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

High OOS rate
Peak OOS rate of 20.0% is well above FMCSA MCSAP national averages (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%).

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 276,430 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–3 power units (±50% of this carrier's 2 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS
0%
Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 276,430 same-size peers
Verdict
On par with peers
Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)
This carrier — Vehicle OOS
20%
Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 276,430 same-size peers
Verdict
Riskier than peers
Delta +20 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 2 tracked changes on record. · 2 address changes

Record Changes

  1. As-of snapshot →
    • Physical street 300 JEFFERSON HWY STE 601 300 E JEFFERSON HWY STE 601
      Seen 8 times · first Aug 18, 2026 · last Aug 28, 2026 FMCSA Company Census
  2. As-of snapshot →
    • Physical city JEFFERSON METAIRE
      FMCSA Company Census
Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (12 months)

2023-08 2026-07

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.
Vehicle Maintenance
13 violations
3 OOS · 23.1%
Unsafe Driving
1 violation

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.
State Inspections OOS OOS % Last Inspection
Louisiana (LA) 4 1 25.0% Jul 6, 2026
Mississippi (MS) 2 0 0.0% Jan 5, 2026
Texas (TX) 1 0 0.0% Dec 23, 2025
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
Make Model Inspections
Freightliner 7
Transcraft 4
Trail-Eze 4
Kenworth 2
Peterbilt 2
Wabash National 2
Volvo 1
SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores
BASIC Inspections Serious Measure Percentile Alert As Of
Driver Fitness 0 — 0.00 0 — Aug 24, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol 0 — 0.00 0 — Aug 24, 2026
Hours of Service 0 — 0.00 0 — Aug 24, 2026
Unsafe Driving 1 — 0.42 0 — Aug 24, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance 5 — 13.66 14 — Aug 24, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (17 rows) View all 17 →
Inspection # Date ▼ State Level Station Vehicle Violations Top Codes OOS
88337346 Jul 6, 2026 LA 2 —
KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P295226 · 1XKYDP9X0LJ380802
1 396.17C-PI No
86737402 Jan 5, 2026 MS 3 H-89 INSPECTION STATION
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
0 — No
86665470 Dec 23, 2025 TX 2 —
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
0 — No
86054467 Oct 14, 2025 LA 1 JENNINGS LA
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
8 393.45D-BAAL, 393.45B2-BHTD, 396.3A1-BOS Yes
84601803 May 6, 2025 MS 2 PIKE COUNTY
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
1 393.45D No
83724553 Jan 25, 2025 LA 3 HAMMOND LA
KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR
LA VIN0802 · 1XKYDP9X0LJ380802
2 392.22A-D, 392.22B-DFPWD No
83114106 Nov 7, 2024 LA 2 LA
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
3 393.84, 393.55E, 396.17C No
81834685 Jun 10, 2024 AR 3 HOPE AR
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P265261 · 1FUPCSZBXYLB89445
1 392.2 No
81495296 Apr 30, 2024 MS 2 CHICKASAW COUNTY
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P273658 · 1XPHDP9X1DD193241
0 — No
81074217 Mar 10, 2024 TN 3 I24W
FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK
LA P280750 · 3AKJGLDV5ESFW7186
0 — No
80801311 Feb 7, 2024 MS 2 G95 SCALES
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P273658 · 1XPHDP9X1DD193241
0 — No
80812505 Feb 6, 2024 LA 1 ROADSIDE
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P278366 · 1FUJGLDR9DSBU2993
1 396.3(a)(1) Yes
79566580 Aug 29, 2023 GA 2 ga-monroe-co-i/s-nb
VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P279975 · 4V4NC9EH6JN889167
9 395.8(e)(1), 393.207(f), 393.9(a) Yes
79498127 Aug 24, 2023 ID 1 EAST BOISE PORT OF ENTRY
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P273449 · 1FUJGLDR4CSBF9498
12 393.9(a), 392.5(a)(3), 392.4(a) Yes
79232484 Jul 24, 2023 MS 2 ms-kewanee-scale-i-59-&-i-20-east
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P273658 · 1XPHDP9X1DD193241
1 393.60(c) No
79072601 Jun 30, 2023 LA 2 ROADSIDE
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
LA P273449 · 1FUJGLDR4CSBF9498
6 393.9(a), 396.17(c), 383.51(a) No
78752408 May 29, 2023 MS 3 NICHOLSON SCALE I-59 SOUTH
INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket: Custom Scott
NC LZ3649 · 1HTMKAAN17H534988
0 — No
Recent Crashes (1 row)
Report # Date State Fatalities Injuries Tow Hazmat ▼ Severity
TN0400063714 Mar 10, 2024 TN 0 1 Yes No Injury
Authority Records (1 docket)
common
MC866536
Active
—
View full authority record →
MC Certificate Documents (1 PDF)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Click a row to open that specific letter. Multiple letters per docket are listed separately by action type and date.

Date Docket Action Authority PDF
May 16, 2014 MC866536-C CPL CERTIFICATE CPL →
Insurance Coverage Timeline (19 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer Policy # Type Limit Effective Cancel Status
TIMBER CREEK CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC TCC-LA00098387 91X $1,000,000 Jul 26, 2025 On file ACTIVE
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-07 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2024 Jul 26, 2025 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-06 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2023 Jul 26, 2024 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-05 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2022 Jul 26, 2023 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-04 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2022 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-03 BIPD/Primary — Oct 20, 2020 Jul 26, 2021 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-03 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2020 Oct 20, 2020 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-02 BIPD/Primary — Feb 7, 2020 Jul 26, 2020 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-02 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2019 Feb 7, 2020 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-01 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2019 CANCELLED
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY TRHS18-00490-00 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2017 Jul 26, 2018 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 02TRM018197-01 BIPD/Primary — Nov 3, 2016 Jul 26, 2017 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 02TRM018197-01 BIPD/Primary — Oct 3, 2016 Nov 3, 2016 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 02TRM018197-01 BIPD/Primary — Oct 3, 2016 Dec 7, 2016 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 02TRM018197-01 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2016 Oct 3, 2016 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN 02TRM018197-01 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 CANCELLED
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY A17400736-02 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2015 Jul 26, 2016 CANCELLED
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY LAA802828-01 BIPD/Primary — Jul 26, 2014 Jul 26, 2015 CANCELLED
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY LAA802828 BIPD/Primary — May 12, 2014 Jul 26, 2014 CANCELLED
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
  1. Jul 26, 2025
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  2. Jul 25, 2025
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  3. Jul 26, 2024
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  4. Jul 26, 2024
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  5. Jul 26, 2023
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  6. Jul 26, 2023
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  7. Jul 26, 2022
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  8. Jul 26, 2022
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  9. Jul 26, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  10. Jul 26, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  11. Oct 20, 2020
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  12. Jul 26, 2020
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  13. Jul 24, 2020
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  14. Feb 7, 2020
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  15. Jul 26, 2019
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  16. Jul 22, 2019
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  17. Jul 26, 2018
    insurance
    CANCEL — HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  18. Jul 25, 2018
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  19. Jul 26, 2017
    insurance
    CANCEL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
  20. Jul 25, 2017
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  21. Dec 7, 2016
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
  22. Nov 3, 2016
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
  23. Oct 5, 2016
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
  24. Oct 4, 2016
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  25. Oct 3, 2016
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN
  26. Jul 26, 2016
    insurance
    CANCEL — HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  27. Jul 22, 2016
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  28. Jul 26, 2015
    insurance
    CANCEL — HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  29. Jul 24, 2015
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  30. Jul 28, 2014
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  31. Jul 26, 2014
    insurance
    CANCEL — HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  32. May 16, 2014
    authority
    GRANTED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station State Inspections OOS
ROADSIDE LA 2 1
HOPE AR AR 1 0
EAST BOISE PORT OF ENTRY ID 1 1
HAMMOND LA LA 1 0
JENNINGS LA LA 1 1
LA LA 1 0
CHICKASAW COUNTY MS 1 0
G95 SCALES MS 1 0
H-89 INSPECTION STATION MS 1 0
NICHOLSON SCALE I-59 SOUTH MS 1 0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code Description Category Cited OOS
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps Vehicle Maintenance 6 1
392.2 Violation of Local Laws Unsafe Driving 3 0
395.8(e)(1) Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status Hours of Service 3 1
393.11 No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required Vehicle Maintenance 2 0
396.17(c) Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection Vehicle Maintenance 2 0
396.3(a)(1) Inspection, repair and maintenance of parts and accessories Vehicle Maintenance 2 1
383.51(a) Driving a CMV while disqualified from holding a CDL Driver Fitness 1 0
392.4(a) Driver uses or is in possession of drugs Controlled Substances/Alcohol 1 1
392.5(a)(3) Driver having possession of alcohol while on duty, or operating, or in physical control of a CMV Controlled Substances/Alcohol 1 1
393.207(f) Air suspension pressure loss Vehicle Maintenance 1 1
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