Carrier profile · USDOT 1598342 · MC-591312 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

American Marine Express Inc

225 power unitsavg 14.2 yrMulti-region · 10 statesCLEVELAND, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-591312 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 41.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 134 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 11

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 225-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
225
Inspections · 24 mo
134
Annualized
≈67 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance65 · 22 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 61 total · 9 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263032
20255035
20245025
20235024
20223113
20217056
20206016
20194032
20182012
20175034
20163033
20155124
20141001
20121010
20113003
20102022
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026IL02Yes
Mar 27, 2026OH01No
Mar 10, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 21, 2025FL01Yes
Sep 2, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 8, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 18, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 22, 2025OH02Yes
Dec 11, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 29, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 22, 2024FL00Yes
May 29, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 12, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 12, 2023FL00Yes
Aug 22, 2023FL00Yes
Aug 10, 2023OH00Yes
May 8, 2023OH01Yes
Mar 15, 2023OH01No
Dec 6, 2022OH00Yes
Oct 5, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 15, 2022OH11Yes
Dec 8, 2021IN03Yes
Jul 24, 2021MI01Yes
Mar 20, 2021OH01Yes
Mar 19, 2021OH00Yes