Carrier profile · USDOT 457303 · MC-1433043 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Portuguese Baking Company LLP

DBA TEIXEIRA'S BAKERY

51 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 5 statesNEWARK, NJ82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1433043 ACTIVE
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 40.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 13.3 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 51-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
95%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness7 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 30 total · 4 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252002
20241011
20203013
20191011
20182002
20172022
20161011
20153023
20112011
20101001
20083023
20061011
20051001
20041001
20031011
19981010
19961001
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 25, 2026NJ01Yes
Jan 1, 2026NJ01Yes
Dec 11, 2025NY00Yes
Aug 17, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 12, 2024NJ01Yes
Oct 27, 2020NY01Yes
Aug 14, 2020NJ00Yes
Jun 2, 2020NJ00Yes
Jun 7, 2019NJ01Yes
Oct 5, 2018NJ00Yes
May 28, 2018NY00Yes
Oct 31, 2017NJ02Yes
May 11, 2017NJ01Yes
Aug 8, 2016NY01Yes
Dec 29, 2015NJ01Yes
Nov 7, 2015NJ00Yes
Oct 11, 2015NJ01Yes
Aug 11, 2011DE00Yes
Mar 18, 2011PA01No
Feb 26, 2010NJ00Yes
Jun 20, 2008NY04Yes
May 19, 2008NJ00Yes
Mar 19, 2008NJ01Yes
Feb 13, 2006NJ03Yes
Mar 12, 2005NY00Yes