Carrier profile · USDOT 1243262 · MC-488777 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HOWLAND LOGISTICS LLC

50 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 1 statesCINCINNATI, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-488777 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 11.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 4.9 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 50-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 26 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 8 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255044
20243012
20231011
20212021
20201011
20181001
20172012
20162102
20151001
20142002
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 20, 2026OH00Yes
Oct 1, 2025OH01Yes
Jul 11, 2025OH01Yes
May 26, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 25, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2025OH01No
Sep 15, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 7, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 15, 2024OH01No
Apr 27, 2023OH01Yes
Oct 13, 2021OH01No
Apr 13, 2021OH01Yes
Nov 15, 2020OH01Yes
Jun 19, 2018OH00Yes
Oct 19, 2017OH00Yes
Jun 20, 2017OH01Yes
Nov 22, 2016OH10Yes
Oct 7, 2016OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2015OH00Yes
Nov 22, 2014OH00Yes
Jun 29, 2014OH00Yes
Aug 18, 2012OH00Yes
Jul 6, 2012OH01Yes