Carrier profile · USDOT 3198088 · MC-156560 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Shark Freight Inc

10 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 20 statesLA GRANGE, IL86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156560 ACTIVE
Verified linkssharkfreight.netFMCSA 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 41.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 15.7 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 8

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
≈2.3 / 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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
92%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 12 total · 4 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241001
20231001
20223023
20211001
20203003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 30, 2026GA00Yes
Jul 30, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 6, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 16, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 10, 2023PA00Yes
May 26, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2022IN01Yes
Jan 20, 2022IN02Yes
Jun 7, 2021MA00Yes
Oct 29, 2020IN00Yes
May 25, 2020NJ00Yes
Mar 25, 2020GA00Yes