CARDENAS TRANSPORT
Legal: FRANCISCO CARDENAS
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;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Intrastate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- FRANCISCO CARDENAS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1995-10-27
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2008-01-09
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 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.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares officers 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
20 events- 01/09/2008MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2005)
- 03/16/2006Insurance cancelled — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy TN452017
- 03/16/2006Insurance cancelled — NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy TN452018
- 02/04/2005Insurance cancelled — CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy L036918
- 01/10/2005COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/02/2005)
- 01/10/2005CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/02/2005)
- 05/06/2004MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (03/22/2006)
- 02/25/2004MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (03/22/2006)
- 04/20/2001Insurance cancelled — UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON
CARGO · policy RLA42005248
- 03/23/2001Insurance cancelled — STATE AND COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS CO
BIPD/Primary · policy ECA04225
- 10/13/2000MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/14/2001)
- 10/13/2000MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (06/14/2001)
- 04/20/2000Insurance replaced — OLD AMERICAN COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy WEL 30052
- 09/17/1997Insurance cancelled — ASSOCIATES INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy ATC2955065
- 04/20/1997Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy L027379
- 09/13/1996Insurance cancelled — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy L027379
- 08/01/1996Insurance replaced — CANAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy L027379
- 05/21/1996MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/08/1997)
- 04/25/1996MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/08/1997)
- 10/27/1995Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2008-01-09
- Reported mileage
- 100,000 mi (2005)
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