Carrier profile · USDOT 192141 · MC-148837 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Portland Air Freight Inc

DBA P A F TRANSPORTATION

44 power unitsavg 4.7 yrRegional · 4 statesSCARBOROUGH, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148837 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 15.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 4.6 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 44-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
34 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 96 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 73 total · 4 in 24 mo

73
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20242002
20232012
20223003
20212111
20203012
20194014
20184014
20171001
20162102
20153003
20142002
20133023
20121001
20113032
20105015
20091011
20081001
20071001
20062002
20052011
20043022
20033022
20021010
20013022
20001001
19991001
19981001
19973023
19962021
19951010
19932020
19922000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 11, 2026ME00Yes
Feb 24, 2026ME00Yes
Dec 12, 2025ME00Yes
Oct 21, 2024NH00Yes
Jan 16, 2024NH00Yes
Dec 21, 2023NH01Yes
Jun 28, 2023ME00Yes
Nov 22, 2022ME00Yes
Sep 23, 2022ME00Yes
May 24, 2022ME00Yes
Nov 11, 2021ME01No
May 26, 2021ME10Yes
Nov 3, 2020ME01No
Jul 31, 2020ME00Yes
Jul 15, 2020ME00Yes
Oct 11, 2019ME00Yes
Aug 2, 2019ME00Yes
Jun 17, 2019MA00Yes
May 17, 2019ME01Yes
Jul 16, 2018ME02Yes
Jul 9, 2018ME00Yes
May 23, 2018ME00Yes
Jan 17, 2018NH00Yes
Aug 14, 2017ME00Yes
Dec 29, 2016NH00Yes