Carrier profile · USDOT 3522098 · MC-1169453 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Groundtrans Logistics Inc

10 power unitsavg 5.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCHELSEA, MA80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1169453 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

29 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

5.3Avg age (yr)

2015–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(781) 521-3811 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average55.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average9.4% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 6 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2020.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo55.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.3 yr

Model years 2015–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2020 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 55.56% on 18 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

53 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 55.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

71.4% · 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 41.7 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 53
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 3 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Safety’23–now

2023202420252026now

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SAFETY INSURANCE CO. · since Apr 2026

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2023 → Apr 2026	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 29
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2015

Oldest model yr

89.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Massachusetts: 28 inspections
New Hampshire: 8 inspections
Maine: 7 inspections
Rhode Island: 3 inspections
Delaware: 2 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections

Home base

CHELSEA, MA

128 EASTERN AVE

Most inspections: MA

28 inspections

MA 28 · NH 8 · ME 7

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 7201713 USDOT 327574 USDOT 2570768 USDOT 3771801Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (29 trucks · 38 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1696867 USDOT 3507417 USDOT 7201713 USDOT 964260 USDOT 3681791 USDOT 4060257 USDOT 494841 USDOT 2881058

Shares a company officer with other carriers

peter mattarese — 2 carriers: USDOT 1559323

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 128 EASTERN AVE, CHELSEA, MA, 02150
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (781) 521-3811
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: groundtranslogistics.com

Registration

Officers: Peter Mattarese · Peter Mattarese
USDOT / docket: 3522098 · MC-1169453
First registered: Nov 16, 2020
Last MCS-150: Jan 28, 2026 · 450,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 999.99
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

450,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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56%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 18 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

123violation records

20OOS-tagged records

10 of 18inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

570%0 / 57

Other vehicle maintenance

4033%13 / 40

Lights

120%0 / 12

Brakes

729%2 / 7

Driver fitness

771%5 / 7

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

80%

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to May 251 / 2

33%May 25 to Nov 252 / 6

67%Nov 25 to May 262 / 3

71%May 26 to Nov 265 / 7

Top 3 codes (22 of 123 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle7
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7

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392.16AD Failure to use seat belt5
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps5
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection4
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle3
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps3
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed3
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation3
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLIT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.201B-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.209D-STBSP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TE USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TE-LCMVINFO USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.11B1-A Driver not qualified1
391.41A No / expired medical certificate1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
391.41A-MCPVI No / expired medical certificate1
392.16B-CPASS Failure to use seat belt1
392.16B-DPASS Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.8-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LSML Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201C-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207C-SLSB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.41-BNPB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47A-BCFSBD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47A-BCLMBD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.52A-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.81-H Horn1
393.83G-ELDC Exhaust system1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC.

GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC (USDOT 3522098) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SAFETY INSURANCE CO. effective Apr 27, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 55.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 53 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 18 vehicle-level and 53 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 28, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number?

GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC's USDOT number is 3522098, and its motor carrier number is MC-1169453.

Is GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC's safety record?

GROUNDTRANS LOGISTICS INC has a 55.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 95 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).