Carrier profile · USDOT 1383145 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Harbor Transportation Inc

35 power unitsavg 5.2 yrRegional · 5 statesNORTON SHORES, MI88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksharborsteel.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 16.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 65 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 3.3 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

62 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242012
20221001
20201001
20191001
20181111
20173022
20163003
20143023
20133003
20092012
20082012
20072011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2026MI00Yes
Oct 22, 2025WV00Yes
Aug 20, 2024KY01Yes
Jan 19, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 4, 2022WV00Yes
Jun 11, 2020KY00Yes
Feb 1, 2019MI00Yes
Sep 19, 2018WV13Yes
May 19, 2017WV01No
Mar 27, 2017KY00Yes
Mar 21, 2017MI01Yes
Aug 16, 2016MI00Yes
Aug 3, 2016MI00Yes
Feb 11, 2016MI00Yes
Apr 14, 2014KY00Yes
Mar 11, 2014KY01Yes
Feb 27, 2014MI02Yes
Oct 9, 2013IN00Yes
Apr 12, 2013MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2013MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2009KY01Yes
Jul 24, 2009KY00Yes
Jul 16, 2008MI01Yes
Feb 13, 2008KY00Yes
Sep 27, 2007MI00Yes