PORTS PETROLEUM COMPANY INC

DOT# 14529 FF# 16887 Wooster, OH Authorized For-Hire
(330) 264-1885 phillip@portspetro.com 1337 Blachleyville Road, Wooster OH 44691-9705
71 power units · all owned 70 drivers 3.8M mi/yr · ~54k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 73.2 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 123 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
71
Drivers · CDL
70 · 70
Annual miles
3.8M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 62 0 0 62
Trailers 69 0 0 69

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-27-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MATT PORTS
Officer
PHILLIP LE CLAIRE

Cargo

57.8
medium risk
Liquids/Gases General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.78×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.0 vs 2.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
2.0
Similar fleets
2.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~5%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 7 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3.5 a year), including 4 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.05×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.08× and violations 0.09× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -51%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • New since the grade was set
    1 crash after Aug 31, 2026. Not in the grade yet.
  • Injury crashes
    4 crashes with 4 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 6 of 16 violations (38%).
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    2 hazmat violations.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 89% of inspections found no violations.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
7
0 fatalities · 4 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
123
89% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 120
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 123
National avg 6.7%
Violations
16
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 28 inspections, 0 out of service 28 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 12 inspections, 0 out of service 12 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 0 out of service 14 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 18 inspections, 0 out of service 18 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 12 inspections, 0 out of service 12 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 21 inspections, 0 out of service 21 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.049 0.025
Inspections 1.35 0.91
Violations 0.11 0.53
Critical violations 0.03 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

16 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    14 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 6 · Lights 3 · Steering & suspension 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · 1 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    2 · 0 OOS
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Sep
    2
    2026
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    5
    2026
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued. Hazmat released.
  • Dec
    15
    2025
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dawn, snow, one-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Nov
    22
    2025
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Nov
    20
    2025
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Feb
    15
    2025
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, snow, one-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jan
    1
    2025
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, snow, one-way trafficway not divided. FMCSA: not preventable.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
primary $1,000,000 + excess $5,000,000 (total $6,000,000) · Old Republic Insurance Company
on record since Mar 1, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2006
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Mar 30, 2009)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Ohio (HQ) 110
  • Pennsylvania 10
  • Indiana 1
  • Federal inspectors 1
  • West Virginia 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (89%).