Portland Airport Limousine Company
DBA PALCO AIR CARGO & NEW HAMPSHIRE FREIGHT
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 28
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 40
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 35 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2023 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2022 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2020 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2019 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2019 | MA | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2018 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2017 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2017 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2017 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2017 | ME | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 11, 2016 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2016 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2015 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2015 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2014 | ME | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 21, 2014 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2012 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2011 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2011 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2008 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2007 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |