Carrier profile · USDOT 4050515 · MC-1534745 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Patrick Marine Transportation LLC

DBA PATRICK MARINE TRANSPORT

133 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 42 statesELKHART, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1534745 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkspatrickmarinetransport.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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 213 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.0% · 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 14.4 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

210 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 133-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
133
Inspections · 24 mo
213
Annualized
≈107 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
64%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance28 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 22 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

131 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

72ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
18False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 15 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20257016
20245015
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 10, 2026TN02Yes
Mar 12, 2026KY01Yes
Mar 4, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 28, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 11, 2025AR00Yes
Nov 3, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 27, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 15, 2025KY01No
Feb 5, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 21, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 26, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 16, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 29, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 15, 2024OH02Yes
Oct 25, 2023TN00Yes