Carrier profile · USDOT 851335 · MC-156423 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MARINE CONTAINER SERVICES LLC

21 power unitsavg 13.6 yrRegional · 3 statesNEWARK, NJ74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156423 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssalson.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 41.2%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 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 26.9 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 · 4

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 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 56 total · 1 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20231001
20222002
20213013
20208108
20197027
20182022
20173013
20162022
20152002
20103013
20092012
20084014
20072022
20054133
20031001
20014033
20002022
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 24, 2024NJ01Yes
Jul 15, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 20, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2022PA00Yes
Jul 8, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 29, 2021CT00Yes
Jun 12, 2021NY00Yes
May 27, 2021NJ01Yes
Dec 7, 2020NJ00Yes
Nov 23, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 24, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 22, 2020NJ00Yes
Sep 11, 2020NJ10Yes
Jul 14, 2020NJ00Yes
Jun 11, 2020PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2019PA02Yes
Aug 15, 2019CT00Yes
Jun 18, 2019NJ00Yes
May 24, 2019NJ04Yes
May 15, 2019NJ00Yes
Feb 9, 2019PA00Yes
Jan 21, 2019NJ00Yes
Apr 20, 2018PA01Yes