Carrier profile · USDOT 2548777 · MC-951673 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Tri State Petroleum Logistics Inc

23 power unitsavg 12.6 yrRegional · 4 statesSECAUCUS, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-951673 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksjkpetrogroup.comFMCSA 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 15.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 51 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 3.3 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

52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
52
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 83 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242021
20212022
20201001
20182012
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 9, 2025NJ00Yes
May 21, 2024NJ01Yes
Jan 5, 2024NY01No
Jun 7, 2021NJ02Yes
Jan 29, 2021NY01Yes
Jul 19, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 2, 2018NJ01Yes
Mar 30, 2018NY00Yes
Jun 24, 2017NJ00Yes
May 22, 2017NJ00Yes