Carrier profile · USDOT 430787 · MC-309158 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Harbor Wholesale Grocery Inc

97 power unitsavg 4.7 yrRegional · 5 statesLACEY, WA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309158 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 13.0%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 — 69 vehicle and 101 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 9.5 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

100 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 97-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
101
Annualized
51 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving29 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 37 total · 4 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242002
20232002
20222112
20211001
20201001
20192022
20181001
20171010
20161001
20154013
20142002
20121001
20111001
20104014
20091001
20082002
20071001
20061010
20051001
20041001
20031001
19971011
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026CA00Yes
May 12, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2024OR00Yes
Sep 23, 2024WA00Yes
Nov 4, 2023WA00Yes
Feb 24, 2023OR00Yes
Oct 18, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 8, 2022CA11Yes
Mar 18, 2021OR00Yes
Jul 9, 2020OR00Yes
Aug 21, 2019OR01Yes
Apr 17, 2019OR01Yes
Aug 24, 2018WA00Yes
Sep 8, 2017WA01No
Jul 29, 2016WA00Yes
Nov 12, 2015WA00Yes
Mar 26, 2015WA00Yes
Mar 4, 2015OR00Yes
Jan 20, 2015OR01No
Sep 25, 2014OR00Yes
Feb 26, 2014WA00Yes
Apr 6, 2012OR00Yes
Feb 24, 2011WA00Yes
Aug 18, 2010WA00Yes
Jun 8, 2010WA00Yes