Carrier profile · USDOT 50861 · MC-878260 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MAINE SHELLFISH CO INC

20 power unitsavg 10 yrLocal · 2 statesELLSWORTH, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-878260 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 20-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
20
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20211010
20191010
20182020
20161010
20142011
20131011
20121011
20101011
20081011
20071001
20061001
20032002
20011001
20001010
19991001
19981001
19922011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2022ME00Yes
Aug 23, 2021ME01No
Aug 13, 2019ME01No
Aug 9, 2018ME01No
Mar 6, 2018ME01No
Aug 12, 2016ME01No
May 26, 2014ME01No
Jan 11, 2014ME00Yes
Aug 25, 2013ME02Yes
Mar 15, 2012ME03Yes
Jul 21, 2010ME02Yes
May 12, 2008ME01Yes
Aug 13, 2007ME00Yes
Jun 26, 2006ME00Yes
Aug 14, 2003ME00Yes
May 22, 2003ME00Yes
Dec 14, 2001MA00Yes
Dec 21, 2000ME01No
Sep 13, 1999ME00Yes
Aug 3, 1998ME00Yes
Jul 15, 1992ME00No
Jan 23, 1992ME01Yes