Carrier profile · USDOT 837896 · MC-385822 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Emerald Environmental Services Inc

38 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 19 statesKENT, OH100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-385822 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

38Power units

39 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(330) 677-0785 Email dispatchar@emerald-environmental.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1999.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 121 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.1%

▼ 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

Asset-based

38 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1999 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

83 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 10.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.0 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 38
Inspections · 24 mo: 83
Annualized: ≈42 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther3 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
172.504 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 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

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’25 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Zurich American’01–’05

Westchester Surplus’07–’14

Ace American’08–’12

Homeland New’14–’19

Atlantic Specialty’14–’19

Homeland New’22–’25

Atlantic Specialty’22–’25

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK · since Nov 2025

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2025 → Nov 2025	$5M	1
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Dec 2025	$5M	1
HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	Nov 2022 → Dec 2025	$5M	1
ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2021 → Nov 2022	$5M	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Nov 2022	$5M	2
ILLINOIS UNION INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Nov 2020	$5M	2
WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Nov 2020	$5M	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Nov 2020	$5M	1
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2014 → Nov 2019	$5M	1
HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	Nov 2014 → Dec 2019	$5M	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Nov 2014	$5M	5
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2008 → Nov 2012	$5M	4
WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Nov 2014	$5M	1
ACE AMERICAN REINSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2007 → Nov 2008	$5M	1
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE	Nov 2004 → Nov 2004	$5M	3
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2001 → Dec 2005	$5M	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2000 → Nov 2001	$5M	8

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 38
Observed power (24 mo): 39
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

54.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 19 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MO busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

KENT, OH

1621 ST CLAIR AVENUE

Top corridor

MO ⇄ OH

MO 11 · OH 10 · PA 9

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1121085 USDOT 2421216 USDOT 582259 USDOT 1555106 USDOT 4261023 USDOT 3236856 USDOT 4329419 USDOT 186375

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1621 ST CLAIR AVENUE, KENT, OH, 44240
Mailing address: P O BOX 1953, KENT, OH, 44240
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (330) 677-0785
Fax: (330) 677-1567
Email: ar@emerald-environmental.com
Web domain: emerald-environmental.com

Registration

Officers: Scott Hershberger · Brian Grimm
USDOT / docket: 837896 · MC-385822
First registered: Nov 4, 1999
Last MCS-150: Feb 5, 2026 · 1,584,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 29, 2005
D-U-N-S: 13359505

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,584,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.

EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC (USDOT 837896) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from HOMELAND INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK effective Nov 23, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 10.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 83 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 69 vehicle-level and 83 driver-level — across 19 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

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

It reports 38 power units and 54 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 29, 2005 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 837896, and its motor carrier number is MC-385822.

Is EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC's safety record?

EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC has a 10.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 121 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).