RAY'S SEAFOOD MARKET INC

DOT# 344283 MC# 537847 DUNS# 91901645 Burlington, VT Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(802) 658-7928 paul@raysseafood.com 49 North Street, Burlington VT 05401
11 power units 11 drivers 752k mi/yr · ~68k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 78.3 / 100
Low confidence
37 yrs history · 23 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
11 · 7
Annual miles
752k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 4 0 0 4
Tractors 5 2 0 7
Trailers 7 1 0 8

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (05-21-2007) · 19 yr old
Registered
02-16-1989 (37 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-17-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PAUL DUNKLING
Officer
SHERYL DUNKLING

Cargo

63.4
medium risk
Household Goods Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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: interstate 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 0.72×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.55× and violations 0.65× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Mar 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 8 of 20 violations (40%). Light or tire defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.3% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
23
48% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
30.8%
4 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.3%
1 of 23
National avg 6.7%
Violations
20
6 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Vermont (about 13 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 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 14,122 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.034
Inspections 1.50 1.23
Violations 0.91 0.97
Critical violations 0.23 0.19

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

What they get cited for

20 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    17 · 5 OOS
    Lights 8 · Tires 3 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Steering & suspension 1 · 2 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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 · WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.
on record since Feb 22, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2005
Cargo filing
on file · YORK INSURANCE COMPANY OF MAINE since Nov 15, 2005
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 Mar 30, 2012)

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
  • Vermont (HQ) 8
  • New Hampshire 6
  • New York 5
  • Connecticut 1
  • Delaware 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Pennsylvania 1

35% of inspections were in its home state.