MARBORG INDUSTRIES INC

DOT# 194053 MC# 625699 DUNS# 72280027 Santa Barbara, CA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(805) 963-1852 safetyforwarding@marborg.com 728 E Yanonali Street, Santa Barbara CA 93140
207 power units · all owned 203 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 41.5 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 53 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
207
Drivers · CDL
203 · 0
Annual miles
2M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 190 0 0 190
Tractors 17 0 0 17
Trailers 22 0 0 22

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-12-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
RAFAEL CORTEZ
Officer
BRIAN BORGATELLO

Cargo

62.5
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 207 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 51 units seen in 24 months, 0.13 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 200–499 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 1.27×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.2 vs 2.5 for similar fleets
Likely 1–6 crashes
This motor carrier
3.2
Similar fleets
2.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~9%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 10 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 5 a year), including 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.5 a year. The grade counts 16 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.55×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.64× and out-of-service orders 0.69× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    3 crashes with 4 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 51 of the 207 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (53 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 207 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated May 2025).
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 16.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 81% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
10
0 fatalities · 4 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
53
81% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.0%
4 of 25
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 53
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
4 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks in California (about 258 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 940 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.017 0.023
Inspections 0.20 0.77
Violations 0.04 0.33
Critical violations 0.01 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 5 · Lights 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
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
  • Oct
    23
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Oct
    17
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Apr
    7
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Feb
    27
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jan
    13
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Dec
    16
    2024
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
  • Nov
    26
    2024
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Nov
    13
    2024
    California
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.

2 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · FINANCIAL PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 23, 2012 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
Cargo filing
on file · GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY since Oct 1, 2025
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY since Apr 9, 2026
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 28, 2026)

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
  • California (HQ) 53

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).