Carrier profile · USDOT 215372 · MC-153887 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

L & A FORWARDING INC

DBA L & A TRANSPORT

16 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 13 statesUNION, NJ93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-153887 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

16Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.4Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(908) 810-9444 Email dispatchmarla@latransportnj.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

Clear to load

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.3% vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

27.3

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo

27.3

▲ 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

16 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.4 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

18 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 13.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

17 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 18
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed · 8 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Providence Washington’96–’00

Pacific Financial’02–’13

State Pennsylvania’02–’14

Pacific Financial’13–’18

State Pennsylvania’14–’20

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC · since Sep 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$1M	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2023 → Sep 2024	$1M	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Sep 2021 → Sep 2023	$1M	3
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Sep 2020 → Sep 2020	$1M	1
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS INS.(AIU)	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2014 → Sep 2020	$1M	6
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Oct 2013 → Aug 2018	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Dec 2002 → Sep 2014	$1M	14
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Oct 2002 → Oct 2013	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2001 → Dec 2002	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2000 → Sep 2000	$1M	3
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.	Sep 1996 → Sep 2000	$1M	1
YORK INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 1994 → Sep 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 16
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

26%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 13 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NJ busiest

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

Home base

UNION, NJ

1089 HUDSON STREET

Top corridor

NJ 3 · CT 2 · NM 2

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@latransportnj.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 4152981

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1089 HUDSON STREET, UNION, NJ, 07083
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (908) 810-9444
Fax: (908) 325-0081
Email: marla@latransportnj.com
Web domain: latransportnj.com

Registration

Officer: Marla Papa
USDOT / docket: 215372 · MC-153887
First registered: Jun 25, 1982
Last MCS-150: Mar 25, 2025 · 428,986 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 25, 2010
D-U-N-S: 40759086

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

428,986

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 L & A FORWARDING INC.

L & A FORWARDING INC (USDOT 215372) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from MSIG SPECIALTY INSURANCE USA INC effective Sep 8, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 18 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 18 driver-level — across 13 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 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 Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 16 power units and 16 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 25, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 25, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is L & A FORWARDING INC's USDOT number?

L & A FORWARDING INC's USDOT number is 215372, and its motor carrier number is MC-153887.

Is L & A FORWARDING INC authorized to operate?

As of 2026-06-30, L & A FORWARDING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is L & A FORWARDING INC's safety record?

L & A FORWARDING INC has a 27.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 30 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).