Carrier profile · USDOT 4017877 · MC-1514638 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Pacific Channel Transportation LLC

151 power unitsavg 3.7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesPORTLAND, OR88/100
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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 8.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 160 vehicle and 281 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 3.0 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

277 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 19

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 151-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
151
Inspections · 24 mo
281
Annualized
≈141 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving119 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 21 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
3False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 10 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20254104
20247007
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 16, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 6, 2026ID00Yes
Feb 4, 2026ID00Yes
Dec 3, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025WA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025WA00Yes
Jan 3, 2025MT20Yes
Nov 22, 2024OR00Yes
Sep 28, 2024WA00Yes
Sep 19, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2024OR00Yes
Feb 21, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 25, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 18, 2024WA00Yes