Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
- First granted
- Nov 22, 1993 32 yrs
- BIPD required / on file
- $750,000 / $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Bond or trust fund
- Not required
Public carrier record · USDOT 58950
SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC
DBA SEAHORSE TRANSPORT · Brownsville, TX · MC 511537, MC 135018
SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 58950, MC 511537) operates 64 power units with 71 drivers from Brownsville, Texas hauling general freight and dry bulk commodities. Roadside inspections recorded 75 different power units by VIN, in line with its reported fleet of 64. It was involved in 3 reported crashes over the two-year window.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
AuthorityActive1 active · since Nov 1993
Insurance1 on fileinsurance filings
Safety ratingSatisfactoryOct 07, 2013
Power units64as reported
Drivers71as reported
Inspections321latest Sep 23, 2026
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 58950 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | SEAHORSE TRANSPORT |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 511537, MC 135018 |
| Reported physical address | 3051 N INDIANA AVE, BROWNSVILLE, TX, 78526, US |
| Reported business phone | (956) 831-0600 |
| Reported power units | 64 |
| Reported drivers | 71 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Feb 04, 2025 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Ariel Vasquez, Robert D Ahrens |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier, Broker |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Compliance review · Oct 02, 2013 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Oct 07, 2013 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
321 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 20 states and provinces. Inspected in 25 of 25 months; busiest Feb 2025 with 25.
| Inspections | 321 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.6% (2 of 321) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 15.2% (38 of 250) |
| Violations | 276 across 144 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 44 |
| Crashes | 3 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 1 / 3 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 5 |
| Crashes FMCSA found not preventable | 1 of 3 |
Most frequent published violation codes
3939Inoperable Required Lamp2139355ENo or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/19981839345B2UVBrake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle1239395ANo/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher839345B2PCBrake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit7
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Not-preventable findings come from FMCSA’s Crash Preventability Determination Program. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Compare the reported Brownsville record
SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC reports 64 power units. The Brownsville, Texas directory contains 2,443 census records, of which 2,111 report at least one power unit.
Reported cargo and business classification
SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 5 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Dry bulk commodities
- Beverages
- Paper products
- Other: TEXTILES, AUTO PARTS, PAPER BAGS
Fleet size in local context
| Power units | Records | Share of all city records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 332 | 13.6% |
| 1 | 1,351 | 55.3% |
| 2–5 | 602 | 24.6% |
| 6–20 | 126 | 5.2% |
| 21–100: this carrier’s band | 27 | 1.1% |
| Over 100 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Unknown / other | 0 | 0.0% |
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jun 01, 1974
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Feb 04, 2025
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
Authority filings
Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)
- First granted
- Not in the history file
- BIPD required / on file
- $0 / $0
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Bond or trust fund
- Required · not on file
Insurance filings
| Docket | Insurer | Coverage | Effective date | Form | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC135018 | Arch Insurance Company | $1,000,000 | Sep 01, 2026 | BMC-91X | ZACAT9325902 |
Cancelled and replaced policies
| Insurer | Form · coverage | Effective | Ended | How it ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Insurance CompanyMC135018 | BMC-91X · BIPD | Sep 01, 2025 | Sep 01, 2026 | Replaced |
FMCSA’s insurance history file covers recent months only. CarrierTrail keeps each row after it leaves that file, and first saw these on Oct 28, 2026.
Process agent (BOC-3)
- Name not reportedLocation not reported · MC511537
The company the carrier designated to receive legal papers in each state, as filed on its BOC-3.
Operating authority timeline
Status changes and notices recorded against SEAHORSE TRANSPORTATION INC’s operating authority dockets, newest first, from the FMCSA authority history and notices datasets.
- RevokedMC511537 · Broker of Property (Except Household Goods)
- GrantedMC135018 · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
A notice or status line describes the docket, not the reason behind it. Check Motus for the current status before booking.
Shared contact details
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General freightDry bulk commodities
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