M.L.T. Martin Legacy Transportation emblem

Refrigerated expedited freight, veteran-owned and federal-ready.

Temperature-controlled, time-critical loads for federal agencies, military installations and the shippers who serve them. Owned and run by a service-disabled U.S. Army veteran in McAllen, Texas.

Certified and registered SBA Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned CertifiedSDVOSB certified SBA Veteran-Owned CertifiedVOSB certified Veteran-Owned Business, verified by the Texas Veterans CommissionTexas Veteran Verified SAM.GOV REGISTRATIONACTIVEUEI TPLAV25KGS41CAGE 227U1SAM.gov active · CAGE 227U1 TEXASLLCEST. 2026Texas LLC

Why M.L.T.

Coverage with discipline, technology and safety.

One truck at launch, run the way a fleet should be: every load sealed, tracked and documented from dock to dock.

Security & technology

Live GPS, electronic logs and reefer temperature from the truck's telematics. Door and temperature records on every load. OPSEC-trained operator.

Customer service

A dispatcher answers day and night. Pickup and delivery windows confirmed in writing before the truck rolls; proof of delivery the same day.

Equipment

A single-temperature refrigerated expediter on a Class 8 chassis: 20-ft insulated box, independent reefer unit, APU. About 8 pallets, 12,000–15,000 lb.

Satellite & cellular tracking
Electronic logging (ELD)
Reefer telemetry & alarms
Written cold-chain procedures
Sealed loads, never touched
24/7 dispatch

Our services

What we haul.

Loads that have to stay cold and arrive on time, for federal customers first and the commercial shippers who move the same freight.

Blister packs of prescription medication

Pharmaceutical cold chain

Refrigerated 2–8 °C and controlled-room-temperature product with temperature records for every leg and a written excursion response.

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Medical supply shelves

Medical supplies & equipment

Facility-to-facility transfers for hospitals, clinics and depots: sealed, documented, delivered to the dock and signed for.

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Fresh apples on a packing line

Perishable food

Produce, dairy, meat and prepared food on one set temperature, inbound to distribution centers and commissaries.

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A box truck crossing a bridge under a bright sky

Expedited & time-critical

Dedicated truck, direct run, no transfers. When the delivery window is the whole job.

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Military vehicles on a highway

Federal & military freight

VA medical centers, military installations, DLA and emergency management, under their contract terms. SDVOSB set-aside and sole-source eligible.

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Stacked water jugs

Disaster response & standby

Relief food, medical supply and standby capacity for emergency-management agencies and their primes.

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Coverage area

Home base McAllen. South Central first.

Year one runs the Texas and South Central corridors from the Rio Grande Valley. The Southeast, the Northeast and the Midwest follow as the fleet grows. Interstate, 48 states, once operating authority is active.

1reefer expediter at launch, late 2027
48states once authority is active
24/7dispatch and tracking
McAllen · home San Antonio Austin Houston Dallas–Fort Worth New Orleans Atlanta · year 2+ Northern Virginia · later Chicago · later solid = year-one corridors · dashed = planned regions

Certificates

Registered, certified, verified.

What a contracting officer or a broker's compliance desk needs to check, in one place.

SBA Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned CertifiedSBA Veteran-Owned Certified

SDVOSB · VOSB

SBA certification 110867 · 24 Sep 2026

Certificate: M.L.T. Cloud Carriers LLC, verified by the Texas Veterans Commission as a Veteran-Owned Business

Texas Veteran-Owned Business

Verified by the Texas Veterans Commission · VEP-096138 · through May 2031

SAM.GOV REGISTRATIONACTIVEUEI TPLAV25KGS41CAGE 227U1

Federal registration

UEI TPLAV25KGS41 · CAGE 227U1

TEXASLLCEST. 2026

Texas LLC

Formed May 2026 · McAllen

Legal entityM L T CLOUD CARRIERS LLC · Texas limited liability company
NAICS484230 primary · 484121 · 484122 · 493120 · 488510
Operating authorityPending. FMCSA filing scheduled for 2027; USDOT and MC numbers are issued at that point. Insurance is bound before authority activates.
Insurance at launch$1M auto liability with BMC-91/MCS-90 · $250K cargo with no pharmaceutical sublimit · reefer breakdown · general liability
TrainingOPSEC training as a condition of dispatch; customer-specific training completed before the first load under each contract
Jacob J. Martinez in uniform in front of a Stryker armored vehicle, Afghanistan
Afghanistan · Operation Enduring Freedom · Cavalry Scout
Jacob J. Martinez receiving a Veterans of Foreign Wars certificate of appreciation
VFW certificate of appreciation

About us

Martin Legacy Transportation.

Move what matters. Heal what hurts. Honor those who served.

M.L.T. Cloud Carriers is owned and run by its founder, a U.S. Army combat veteran who served as a Cavalry Scout in Afghanistan and then spent a decade in Department of Defense civilian service. The first truck is his. The procedures are the ones he was trained on. The company hires veterans and American families as it grows.

Jacob J. Martinez

Founder & President · 100% owner

Get a quote

Tell us the lane, the load and the date.

Dispatch answers by email, usually the same business day. Hauling begins late 2027; quotes before then are indicative.

Sending opens an email to dispatch with these details filled in; nothing goes out until you press send in your mail app.