Carrier profile · USDOT 2508026 · MC-869643 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

APL CARGO INC

150 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 44 statesWOLCOTT, IN74/100
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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 36.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 195 vehicle and 419 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

54.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 4.5 pts 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

398 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 26

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 150-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
150
Inspections · 24 mo
419
Annualized
≈210 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
83%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving259 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance102 · 86 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 18 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance54 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance53 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance44 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

196 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

92ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
49False logs
44Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 70 total · 21 in 24 mo

70
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025130512
20249039
20237017
20222012
20215025
20207027
2019150215
20186026
20171001
20162111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 21, 2026IL01Yes
Dec 31, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 9, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 27, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 27, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 23, 2025NC01No
Jun 21, 2025VA00Yes
May 7, 2025NJ01Yes
May 1, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 12, 2025FL02Yes
Apr 12, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 21, 2025VA01Yes
Jan 13, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 5, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 28, 2024MS00Yes
Oct 16, 2024CO00Yes
Aug 7, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 6, 2024IN02Yes
May 15, 2024TN02Yes
Mar 26, 2024SD00Yes
Feb 11, 2024WY00Yes
Jan 21, 2024GA01Yes