Trucking carriers based in Louisiana
How Louisiana carriers fare at the roadside, measured against every other state, from federal inspection and crash records.
Louisiana ranks 1 of 45 rated states by out-of-service rate, worst first — 138% higher than the national figure.
The largest carriers we hold in Louisiana
| Carrier | Power units | Drivers | Inspections | Out of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACME TRUCK LINE INC | 1116 | 1065 | 1871 | 30.3% |
| WHC LLC | 402 | 231 | 24 | 29.2% |
| SCOTT POWERLINE & UTILITY EQUIPMENT LLC | 392 | 11 | 10 | 0.0% |
| COMMUNITY COFFEE CO LLC | 229 | 229 | 87 | 6.9% |
| TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP LLC | 99 | 34 | 89 | 29.2% |
| MADDEN CONTRACTING CO INC | 79 | 72 | 32 | 12.5% |
| KENTWOOD CO-OP | 52 | 29 | 35 | 37.1% |
| MCELROY METAL INC | 42 | 43 | 15 | 26.7% |
| HENDERSON IMPLEMENT AND MARINE LLC | 35 | 50 | 6 | 16.7% |
| SOUTHERN RECYCLING LLC | 33 | 33 | 87 | 60.9% |
| PEL-STATE BULK PLANT LLC | 27 | 18 | 43 | 18.6% |
| HARPER TRUCK LINE INC | 22 | 18 | — | — |
| HAYNES MOTOR LINES LLC | 21 | 27 | 26 | 34.6% |
| GOLD STAR FOODS OF LOUISIANA INC | 19 | 25 | 20 | 10.0% |
| SOUTHEASTERN MOTOR FREIGHT INC | 17 | 12 | 13 | 30.8% |
| TRI PARISH COOPERATIVE | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0.0% |
| PACKARD TRUCK LINES LLC | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| THREE RIVERS FARM SUPPLY INC | 15 | 10 | — | — |
| ROBERT W PLUNK ENTERPRISES L L C | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0.0% |
| JAMES MACHINE WORKS LLC | 12 | 12 | — | — |
Compare with another state
The twelve highest out-of-service rates on file.
- Indiana 21.7%
- Oregon 20.4%
- North Dakota 19.9%
- Pennsylvania 19.8%
- Colorado 18.5%
- Montana 18.5%
- Mississippi 18.2%
- Washington 18.2%
- Idaho 16.1%
- Texas 15.3%
- Michigan 15.3%
What these numbers are, and what they are not
These are rates, not totals. CarrierWatch holds a systematic sample of the federal carrier register rather than all of it, so a count of carriers here describes what we hold, not what Louisiana has. A rate — inspections that ended out of service, divided by inspections — is a property of the carriers measured and does not depend on how many of the state we sampled, which is why it is the figure on this page.
The rate is inspection-weighted, so a few large carriers with many inspections move it more than many small ones. It is a description of the vehicles and drivers actually stopped in this state.
An out-of-service order means an inspector found a condition serious enough to stop the vehicle or driver until it was fixed. A crash on a carrier's record is not a finding of fault. Ratings and inspections come from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.