PAPER TRANSPORT LTD

DOT# 237662 MC# 165601 DUNS# 156320004 Hudsonville, MI Authorized For-Hire
(616) 534-9860 jeff@papertransportltd.com 2420 Chicago Drive, Hudsonville MI 49426
17 power units 12 drivers 780k mi/yr · ~46k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 36.4 / 100
Low confidence
43 yrs history · 30 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
17
Drivers · CDL
12 · 12
Annual miles
780k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 10 4 2 16
Trailers 67 0 0 67

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-16-1993) · 33 yr old
Registered
09-02-1983 (43 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-06-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
NATHAN KAMPS

Cargo

55.0
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Building Materials Beverages Other: PACKAGING MATERIALS Dry Bulk Paper Products Construction
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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 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 1.41×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.0 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
1.0
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.7 a year. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.78× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate. 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 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 15 of 42 violations (36%). Brake or light defects led to 8 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.9% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (9 of 22), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.07× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
30
40% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.9%
9 of 22
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 28
National avg 6.7%
Violations
42
16 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.118 0.031
Inspections 1.53 1.11
Violations 1.24 0.89
Critical violations 0.24 0.17

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

42 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    37 · 16 OOS
    Brakes 15 · Lights 12 · Tires 7 · Steering & suspension 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
  • 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
  • Jan
    27
    2026
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Ice road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    19
    2025
    Michigan
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • May
    15
    2025
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • May
    2
    2025
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Sep 8, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1993
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Sep 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 18, 2021)

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
  • Michigan (HQ) 19
  • Indiana 9
  • Illinois 1
  • Ohio 1

63% of inspections were in its home state.