Carrier profile · USDOT 2548431 · MC-887440 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

OCEAN EXPRESS LLC

36 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 5 statesSEEKONK, MA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-887440 ACTIVE
Verified linksoceanexpressma.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 28.6%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 — 7 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 16.7 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 5 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20245035
20234013
20224014
20214023
20205034
20193013
20184004
20172002
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 9, 2026MA01Yes
Jul 23, 2025RI00Yes
Jul 21, 2025MA00Yes
Oct 25, 2024MA01Yes
Aug 29, 2024CT00Yes
Jun 26, 2024NJ01Yes
Mar 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 16, 2024CT01Yes
Nov 8, 2023MA00Yes
Nov 8, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 17, 2023MA00Yes
Apr 10, 2023NY01No
Oct 14, 2022NY01Yes
Apr 19, 2022NY00Yes
Feb 26, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 27, 2022RI00Yes
Oct 13, 2021CT00Yes
Apr 30, 2021NY01No
Feb 10, 2021NJ01Yes
Jan 1, 2021PA00Yes
Dec 28, 2020MA01Yes
Nov 12, 2020MA01Yes
Aug 1, 2020NY01No
Feb 21, 2020NJ00Yes
Jan 10, 2020CT00Yes