Carrier profile · USDOT 2049856 · MC-718160 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Chain Transportation Inc

40 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 7 statesCARLSTADT, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-718160 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkschaintrans.comFMCSA SAFER

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 13.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 37.1 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

50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
51
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
7False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 5 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20245024
20223022
20191011
20181011
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2025NY00Yes
Feb 13, 2025CT01Yes
Jan 28, 2025NJ01Yes
Oct 22, 2024NJ01Yes
Sep 17, 2024NJ01No
May 8, 2024NY00Yes
Mar 25, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 18, 2024NJ00Yes
Mar 2, 2022NJ01No
Feb 26, 2022NY01Yes
Jan 7, 2022PA00Yes
Jul 5, 2019NJ01Yes
Mar 2, 2018NJ02Yes
Oct 3, 2016MA00Yes