Carrier profile · USDOT 1580410 · MC-585183 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Port Transportation Inc

14 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 3 statesBALTIMORE, MD74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-585183 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 43.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 29.5 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
23 / yr
Coverage
1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
63%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20231001
20221001
20201001
20191001
20182002
20171001
20161001
20153013
20141011
20133113
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026MD00Yes
Sep 24, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 31, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 16, 2022MD00Yes
Jan 16, 2020MD00Yes
Aug 2, 2019MD00Yes
May 8, 2018MD00Yes
Feb 21, 2018MD00Yes
May 31, 2017VA00Yes
Oct 29, 2016MD00Yes
Oct 6, 2015SC01Yes
Jul 20, 2015MD00Yes
Jun 4, 2015MD00Yes
Oct 17, 2014SC01Yes
Oct 28, 2013VA00Yes
Oct 28, 2013VA00Yes
Jan 18, 2013VA11Yes
Aug 7, 2012MD00Yes