CERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC

San Diego, CA · Interstate · 7 power units · Not rated · USDOT since Feb 16, 2006 (20 years)

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Operating authority
Active
MC553118: Motor carrier active
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Liability insurance (BI&PD)
$1,000,000
Required minimum: $750,000
No cargo cover filed with FMCSA
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Vehicle out-of-service rate
20.0%
12 of 60 vehicle inspections · California avg 19.8%
FMCSA inspections · Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

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Operating authority

MC553118 FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026

Motor carrier
Enterprise Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Active
Liability insurance on file$1,000,000 (required: $750,000)

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Insurance on file

Liability (BI&PD) pays for injury and damage to other people and property; it does not cover the freight. Cargo insurance covers the freight. FMCSA only requires cargo filings from household goods carriers and freight forwarders, so most carriers file none: ask for a cargo certificate that fits your load. No cargo cover filed with FMCSA.

TypeDocketLayerInsurerCoverageEffectiveStatus
Liability (BI&PD)MC553118PrimaryNew Horizon Insurance Company
Policy NHS1882508 · BMC-91X
$1,000,000Feb 22, 2026Active

Source: FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026. Identical filings repeated in the FMCSA data are shown once; a filing listed under two dockets is one policy, not extra coverage. Coverage is the maximum amount filed with FMCSA, not the full policy.

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Roadside inspections Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

75inspections
20.0%vehicle out-of-service
12 of 60 · California avg 19.8%
1.4%driver out-of-service
1 of 74 · California avg 6.3%
76violations written on inspection reports
10 most recent inspections
DateStateLevelViolationsOut of service
Sep 23, 2026CA20No
Sep 4, 2026CA22Yes
Aug 23, 2026CA11No
Aug 18, 2026CA12No
Aug 12, 2026CA20No
Jul 30, 2026CA10No
Jul 23, 2026CA22No
Jun 24, 2026CA10No
Jun 15, 2026US12Yes
Jun 2, 2026CA26No
How these rates are calculated

Period: Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026. Vehicle rate = vehicle inspections with a vehicle out-of-service order ÷ vehicle inspections (levels 1, 2, 5 and 6). Driver rate uses levels 1, 2, 3 and 6. The California average covers 398,742 vehicle and 510,354 driver inspections of all California-based carriers in this period. It mixes every type of operation, so compare with care; rates based on a handful of inspections say little. FMCSA's own SMS measures are weighted differently: SMS profile ↗ · SAFER snapshot ↗

Violations in FMCSA's SMS last 24 months

55 violations counted in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS), 13 of them serious enough to put the driver or vehicle out of service.

Why is this different from the 76 violations above?

The inspections section's number counts every violation written on the inspection reports in our Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026 window. The SMS count comes from FMCSA's own monthly SMS snapshot, which uses its own 24-month window and only the violations it scores. Both are FMCSA figures; they measure different things.

Category (FMCSA BASIC)ViolationsOut of serviceShareCalifornia share
Vehicle Maintenance501290.9%71.7%
Driver Fitness213.6%3.2%
Hours-of-Service Compliance203.6%16.6%
Unsafe Driving101.8%8.0%
10 most frequent violations
ViolationTimesOut of service
Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS
Tires · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39375A3TAOL
33
Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative
Lighting · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3939ALRLI
31
Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit CMV on or after 1998.
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39355D1B
30
Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
Brakes Out of Adjustment · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39347E
30
Lubrication - Oil or grease leak
Other Vehicle Defect · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3965BL
30
Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth
Tires · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39375CTAOTDLT232
30
Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39345DB
20
Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39353BB
20
Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.
Lighting · Vehicle Maintenance · code 3939ALSLI
20
Any of the locking pins are missing or not engaged.
Suspension · Vehicle Maintenance · code 393207BAALPME
20

Source: FMCSA SMS violation file, inspections in the last 24 months, published Oct 19, 2026. "Share" is this company's mix of violations; the California column is the mix across all California-based carriers, so you can see which kinds of problems stand out. A high count partly reflects fleet size and how often trucks are inspected.

Crashes Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

No reportable crashes in this period.

Company details FMCSA census · Oct 19, 2026

USDOT number1464225
MC / docketMC553118
Legal nameCERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC
OperationInterstate
Business type—
Power units7
Drivers6
Annual mileage278,481 (2025)
HazmatNo
Safety ratingNot rated (no compliance review on record)
USDOT number addedFeb 16, 2006 · 20 years ago
Last MCS-150 updateFeb 12, 2026

Cargo carried

General FreightBeveragesOtherFood

Change history

No changes to name, contact details, authority or insurance since we started tracking on Oct 18, 2026. We compare every company's FMCSA record each day.

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Questions about CERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC

What does CERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC's operating authority allow?

MC553118: Motor carrier (may haul regulated property for hire).

Which information about CERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC is old or missing?

FMCSA has not issued a safety rating, which means no compliance review is on record, not that the carrier is unsafe.

What should I verify before booking CERVANTES TRANSPORT LLC?

Confirm the authority and insurance on the Motus record for USDOT 1464225. Call the company back on the phone number on file, (619) 646-0188, not a number from an email or load board message. Check that the MC number the dispatcher gave you matches MC553118, and ask the insurer for a certificate of insurance naming you as holder, with cargo coverage that fits your load.

Company details from the FMCSA Company Census File (Oct 19, 2026). Inspections and crashes from FMCSA MCMIS files. About our data · Report an error on this page (how corrections work).

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