ROCKWATER ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Legal: BENCHMARK DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LLC
Risk factors
Low 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.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- Broker authority is inactive, not active.
- Bond has changed hands 7 times across 2 sureties — churn can signal payment or coverage trouble.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
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 censusPRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi37 drivers
- Interstate · <100 mi32 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- MICHAEL SKARKE
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 2006-03-09
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2021-12-14
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 111 trucks · 43 owned tractors · 260 owned trailers · 26 leased/term tractors.
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, phone numbers, officers or emails with 7 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
41 events- 06/11/2026Insurance ended — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
policy CMS0102680
- 08/04/2022Insurance cancelled — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy RAD9437923
- 07/08/2022COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/14/2022)
- 06/30/2022Insurance filed — BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy ECA3166123-10
- 06/30/2022Insurance replaced — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy RAD9437923
- 12/14/2021MCS-150 update filed
0.6M mi reported (2020)
- 04/16/2021Insurance filed — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
Property broker surety — BMC-84 · policy CMS0102680
- 06/07/2020Insurance cancelled — RLI INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy CMS0102533
- 07/01/2018Insurance cancelled — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy RAD9437742
- 05/01/2018Insurance replaced — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy RAD9437742
- 06/30/2016Insurance cancelled — SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 5078475
- 06/01/2016PROPERTY BROKER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/15/2020)
- 05/04/2016Insurance replaced — SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 5078475
- 06/15/2015Insurance replaced — GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy RAD9437742
- 06/15/2015Insurance replaced — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 222-06-24
- 05/18/2015PROPERTY BROKER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (01/04/2016)
- 05/13/2015MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
- 05/04/2015Insurance name changed — AGCS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MXI93025639
- 05/04/2015Insurance name changed — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2220624
- 05/04/2015Insurance name changed — SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 5078475
- 10/01/2013Insurance replaced — SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 5078475.
- 12/18/2011Insurance cancelled — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2220572
- 12/15/2011Insurance replaced — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2220572
- 11/26/2011Insurance cancelled — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2220572
- 11/21/2011COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/14/2011)
- 11/01/2011Insurance replaced — COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2220572
- 12/16/2010Insurance cancelled — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI97802750
- 12/04/2010Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy BAP6555679
- 11/08/2010COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/15/2010)
- 11/01/2010Insurance replaced — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI97802750
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2009-05-14
- Last review
- 2009-05-14
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2021-12-14
- Reported mileage
- 608,712 mi (2020)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyDecember, 2021
- Drivers grew to 70
January, 2021
First on-record entry — BENCHMARK DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LLC, HOUSTON, TX
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