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USDOT 282131MC276209

Canal Cartage — compliance record

The full vetting file: federal registrations, authority history, insurance, inspections, record changes, and recent coverage — the checks a broker or shipper runs, in one place.

Vetting summary

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Authority age

32 years (granted 1994)

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Liability filing

$1M BIPD — meets the $750K federal minimum

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Inspections

231 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Canal Transportation Llc

DBA

Canal Cartage

Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

11643a Wallisville Road, Houston, TX 77013

Phone

(713) 672-1779

Power units

199

Drivers

199

First on record

—

Last MCS-150 filing

—

Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

MC276209

Common: Active · Contract: Active · Broker: None

Property: ✓ · Passenger: — · HHG: — · BIPD filed: ✓ · Cargo: — · Bond: —

Authority history

  • Involuntary Revocation — Common
  • Involuntary Revocation — Common
  • Involuntary Revocation — Common
  • Involuntary Revocation — Contract
  • Involuntary Revocation — Common
  • Involuntary Revocation — Common
  • Involuntary Revocation — Contract
  • Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
  • Granted — Motor Property Contract Carrier
  • Involuntary Revocation — Common

Insurance filings

91X — Obsidian Insurance Company · coverage $1M (as filed)

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

0.9%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 231 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

19.9%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 231 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

✓

On-file email

sandrac@canalcartage.com — company domain

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Mail host

Microsoft 365

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

0

Reportable crashes

0

Tow-aways

0

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: TX 04/2024 · TX 10/2023 · TX 06/2023 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2025: 62024: 1462023: 79
Level II — Walk-around: 161Level I — Full: 67Level III — Driver-only: 3
DateStateLevel
Apr 9, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 4, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 15, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 8, 2025TXLevel I — Full
Jan 8, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 8, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 26, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 18, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Dec 4, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 3, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Nov 26, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 25, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 25, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 21, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 21, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Nov 19, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 13, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 8, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 8, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Nov 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 5, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 5, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 1, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Nov 1, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Nov 1, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 28, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Oct 24, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 15, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 11, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 11, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 4, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 4, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 2, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 30, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 27, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 25, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 20, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 17, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Sep 12, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 11, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 11, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 9, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 5, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 28, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 27, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 26, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 26, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 22, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 21, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 19, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 16, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 15, 2024TXLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 14, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 13, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 8, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 7, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 6, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Aug 6, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jul 31, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 29, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jul 24, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 22, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 19, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 19, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jul 18, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 18, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 15, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jul 15, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 2, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 20, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 13, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jun 12, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jun 12, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 12, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jun 11, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jun 10, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 6, 2024TXLevel I — Full
Jun 5, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 31, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 30, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 30, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 29, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 28, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 28, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 27, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 27, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 27, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 27, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 21, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 21, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 20, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 16, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 16, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 15, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 15, 2024TXLevel I — Full
May 15, 2024TXLevel II — Walk-around

Most recent 100 of 231 inspections on file.

Activity log

Record changes

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No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.

In the news

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NPR · 11/5/2021

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