UNIVERSAL TRANSPORTS
Legal: ARMANDO ORTEGA
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi2 drivers
- Company officer
- ARMANDO ORTEGA
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2002-05-15
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2017-06-12
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 2 trucks · 2 owned tractors · 2 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 117 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
31 events- 06/12/2017MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2014)
- 10/30/2016Insurance cancelled — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy A42507955
- 01/27/2016Insurance cancelled — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy MAT000340030210
- 12/31/2015CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/28/2016)
- 12/01/2015Insurance cancelled — UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy MAT-0003400-30210
- 01/27/2015Insurance replaced — ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
BIPD/Primary · policy MAC-0003300-12-3658
- 01/28/2014MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (11/07/2016)
- 10/20/2012Insurance cancelled — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TXA511163
- 08/18/2012Insurance cancelled — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TXA511163
- 07/23/2012CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/01/2012)
- 06/20/2012Insurance cancelled — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TXA511163
- 05/24/2012CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/25/2012)
- 03/29/2012Insurance cancelled — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 03/21/2012Insurance replaced — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TXA511163
- 03/21/2012Insurance replaced — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 03/02/2012CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/28/2012)
- 01/20/2012Insurance cancelled — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 12/28/2011Insurance replaced — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 12/27/2011CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/29/2011)
- 10/20/2011Insurance cancelled — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 09/26/2011Insurance replaced — GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GIC 42-1900-02473
- 09/23/2011CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/27/2011)
- 07/13/2011MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (10/29/2012)
- 09/04/2010Insurance cancelled — HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TXA503775
- 06/01/2005Insurance cancelled — CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy L044266
- 04/03/2005Insurance cancelled — CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy L038017
- 03/07/2005CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/11/2005)
- 04/03/2004Insurance cancelled — CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy L033911
- 03/08/2004CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/13/2004)
- 06/18/2003MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (06/07/2005)
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- 2015-09-29
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2017-06-12
- Reported mileage
- 24,293 mi (2014)
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