COOK'S TRANSPORT LLC

DOT# 284900 MC# 488872 Calais, ME Authorized For-Hire
(207) 454-4199 cookstrans@yahoo.com 34 Poorhouse Lane, Calais ME 04619
4 tractors · all owned 4 drivers 273k mi/yr · ~68k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 34.0 / 100
Low confidence
39 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
273k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 15 0 0 15

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
Registered
01-06-1987 (39 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-02-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
JASON J COOK

Cargo

54.1
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: WOODCHIPS PULP 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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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 2–5 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 1.47×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.5× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.49× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: 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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – May 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
60% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
4
0 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Maine (about 3 in 24 months would be typical; 37% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.250 0.043
Inspections 0.75 1.57
Violations 0.50 1.56
Critical violations 0.12 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

4 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Lights 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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
2 crashes
  • Mar
    3
    2026
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    8
    2026
    Virginia
    Property damage only
    Dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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)
$750,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Feb 20, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2006
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY → NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2024); NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2023)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Oct 5, 2023, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Feb 24, 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
  • Maine (HQ) 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • New York 1
  • Pennsylvania 1