Carrier profile · USDOT 19187 · MC-283690 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Seafood Express (P E I ) Limited

DBA SFX TRANSPORT

85 power unitsavg 4.1 yrMulti-region · 13 statesCHARLOTTETOWN, PE88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-283690 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssfxt.caFMCSA 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 8.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 124 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.3% · 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 5.1 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 12

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
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 85-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
124
Annualized
62 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.04measure
SMS · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.65 Fuel systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 52 total · 4 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20242012
20231001
20211001
20201011
20191001
20182022
20172012
20162012
20151011
20142022
20121011
20111100
20101011
20083003
20063013
20052002
20041001
20034004
20025014
20011001
20004034
19995005
19982021
19951011
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026NH00Yes
Apr 24, 2025NY01Yes
Dec 7, 2024NY01Yes
Nov 12, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 6, 2023MA00Yes
Aug 25, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 16, 2020ME02Yes
Dec 18, 2019NJ00Yes
Sep 19, 2018NJ02Yes
Jan 28, 2018CT02Yes
Dec 30, 2017NJ02Yes
Nov 7, 2017ME00Yes
Dec 25, 2016NC00Yes
Aug 23, 2016ME01Yes
Aug 25, 2015NJ01Yes
Nov 13, 2014DE01Yes
Sep 11, 2014ME01Yes
Apr 23, 2012NY02Yes
Mar 27, 2011CT10No
Mar 3, 2010MA01Yes
May 19, 2008CT00Yes
Feb 12, 2008ME00Yes
Feb 11, 2008CT00Yes
Oct 1, 2006MD01Yes
Feb 12, 2006CT00Yes