TRANS AMERICAN TRUCKING SERVICE INC

DOT# 229132 MC# 149576 DUNS# 154118343 South Plainfield, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(908) 755-9000 safety@transamer.com 602 New Market Ave, South Plainfield NJ 07080
57 power units 44 drivers 2.5M mi/yr · ~43k per unit
Excellent
FRED Score 91.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
43 yrs history · 290 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
57
Drivers · CDL
44 · 44
Annual miles
2.5M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 39 15 0 54
Trailers 200 0 0 200

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (10-15-1987) · 39 yr old
Registered
02-23-1983 (43 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-02-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RON MCGRAW
Officer
JEFF MCGRAW

Cargo

67.5
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight Building Materials Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, 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.

Expected crash rate is about half that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.54×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.4 vs 2.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.4
Similar fleets
2.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.6 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.23×, out-of-service orders 0.25× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.46× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -27%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    4 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 no valid CDL (Feb 2025 – Jan 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 51 of 118 violations (43%). Brake or light defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 6.6% vs 22.3% national; driver 1.4% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • High speeding: 5

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
290
74% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
6.6%
17 of 259
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.4%
4 of 290
National avg 6.7%
Violations
118
23 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in New Jersey (about 61 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 30 inspections, 1 out of service 30 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 40 inspections, 2 out of service 40 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 27 inspections, 0 out of service 27 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 37 inspections, 3 out of service 37 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 36 inspections, 6 out of service 36 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 42 inspections, 3 out of service 42 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 45 inspections, 4 out of service 45 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 32 inspections, 2 out of service 32 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 4,155 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.018 0.026
Inspections 3.41 0.97
Violations 1.04 0.56
Critical violations 0.14 0.11

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

What they get cited for

118 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    92 · 19 OOS
    Brakes 51 · Lights 14 · Tires 7 · Cargo securement 5 · Steering & suspension 4 · 11 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    12 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 5 · Speeding 5 · Seat belt 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    9 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 6 · Over hours limit 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    5 · 4 OOS
    No valid CDL 5
  • 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
  • Jul
    8
    2025
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    27
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 3 people hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
primary $1,000,000 + excess $900,000 · Hartford Fire Insurance Company
on record since Mar 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · COLONIAL SURETY COMPANY since Aug 23, 1989
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS. → Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Mar 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Sep 13, 1984)

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
  • New York 219
  • Ohio 16
  • Pennsylvania 14
  • Maryland 7
  • New Jersey (HQ) 5
  • Michigan 4
  • Connecticut 3
  • North Carolina 3

Runs well beyond its home state: 5 of 290 inspections were in New Jersey.