ALMEND TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 2639367MC-Docket MC919600SAUGUS, MA
Review before tendering6 power units
ALMEND TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2639367) in SAUGUS, MA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 4 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-11-22 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (SAFETY INSURANCE CO.) was filed 24 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-02-17) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 9.52 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 27 times, most recent 2026-02-17 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.66
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.4
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 1
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 20.42
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
10
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
8
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 6
- Total drivers
- 6
- Years in business
- 11
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 9.52
- Driver OOS rate
- 20%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 42.9%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 27 times last 2026-02-17
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-08-14
- Insurance lapse history
- 4 lapse(s) most recent 2025-11-22
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
15
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
76
Violations
9
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-07 → 2025-03-27.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
46 | 5 | 2025-03-27 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
10 | 0 | 2025-03-27 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
7 | 1 | 2025-03-18 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 1 | 2025-03-27 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-03-12 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Has more two or more plies are exposed in the tread area exceeding 2 square inches | OOS |
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Deflated air suspension | OOS |
| 2025-03-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failed to conduct pre-trip inspection or make use of required parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-03-12 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-03-12 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-01-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative/missing/damaged on drivers side during inclement weather requiring use of the windshield wipers | — |
| 2024-11-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2024-11-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failure to equip truck with seatbelts | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame accessories improperly attached | — |
| 2024-07-31 | Unsafe Driving | Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway | — |
| 2024-07-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-03-27 5 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TRPET | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207F-SDAS | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-03-18 13 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 7A-D | — | — |
2025-03-12 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-SIN | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-SIN | OOS | — |
2025-01-29 10 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
2025-01-05 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2024-12-13 12 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78-WOOS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
2024-07-31 16 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 93(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
2024-07-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 32(c)(1) | — | — |
2024-01-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2023-08-22 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
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