Carrier profile · USDOT 904580 · Updated Jul 10, 2026

Southern Connection Seafood Inc

9 power unitsavg 9.8 yrLocal · 2 statesCRISFIELD, MD82/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL

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 7.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

32%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

11%

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	2	0	0	2
2021	1	0	1	0
2019	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1	0
2010	1	1	1	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 29, 2025	DE	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2024	PA	0	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes
Apr 8, 2021	MD	0	1	No
Apr 25, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2014	NC	0	1	Yes
Sep 6, 2011	CT	0	1	No
May 21, 2010	NJ	1	1	Yes
Jul 14, 2008	NJ	0	0	Yes
Feb 14, 2007	NJ	0	1	Yes
Mar 24, 2003	NC	0	0	Yes