Carrier profile · USDOT 4031162 · MC-1670307 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

PACKAGING EXCHANGE INC

96 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 43 statesSOMERSET, NJ100/100
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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 11.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 154 vehicle and 241 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.8% · 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 6.1 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

231 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 17

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 96-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
96
Inspections · 24 mo
242
Annualized
≈121 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
3False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 8 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254004
20242002
20231011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 29, 2026NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2025ID00Yes
May 12, 2025NJ00Yes
May 12, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 9, 2025NH00Yes
Nov 14, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 3, 2024WA00Yes
Jul 27, 2023NJ01Yes