VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
BRNE TRANSPORTATION LLC
DBA BLUE RHINO OF NEW ENGLAND
USDOT 198732 · MC-415568 · 140 SOUTH MAIN STREET, MIDDLETON, MA 01949
28High riskElevated riskVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated August 6, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 5
- USDOT registration inactive — The USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.
- No active operating authority — No active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 24 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- Undeliverable physical address — FMCSA mail to this carrier's physical address was returned undeliverable — a common shell-carrier signal. Verify the address before tendering.
- MCS-150 census data outdated — The biennial MCS-150 update is 20.7 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 2
- Insurance on file — BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.
- Established 52 years — Operating authority has been on file since 1974.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- None
- Contract authority
- Inactive
- Broker authority
- None
- Safety rating
- Not rated
- Authority age
- 52 yr
- Registered
- Jun 1, 1974
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (978) 774-2760
- bharris@yankeefireplace.com
- Website
- yankeefireplace.com
- Address
- 140 SOUTH MAIN STREET, MIDDLETON, MA 01949
Fleet
- Power units
- 24
- Drivers
- 32
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- Yes
- BIPD limit
- $5M
- Cargo on file
- No
- Cargo limit
- —
- Bond on file
- No
- Lapses
- 1
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0