EQUATOR EXPRESS INC

DOT# 4046949 MC# 1532659 Philadelphia, PA Authorized For-Hire
(445) 544-0167 equatorexpressinc@gmail.com 1625 Hoffnagle St, Apt 102, Philadelphia PA 19152
46 tractors · all leased 23 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
3 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
46
Drivers · CDL
23 · 23
Annual miles
991k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 23 0 23
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
03-19-2023 (3 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-04-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
YAKUBOVA DILDORA

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

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 lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 0.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.1 vs 1.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
1.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 fatal crash (1 death) on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.58× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.29× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.69×. Together they move its crash estimate +4%: 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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Jan 6, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service (Jan 2026 – Mar 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Jun 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
1 fatality · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
53% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
44.4%
4 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.5%
2 of 19
National avg 6.7%
Violations
11
6 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Pennsylvania (about 46 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 3 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.011 0.029
Inspections 0.23 1.12
Violations 0.12 0.78
Critical violations 0.03 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

11 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 4 OOS
    Lights 2 · Tires 2 · Wheels & hubs 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 2 OOS
    No log 2 · False log 1 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1
  • 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
    6
    2026
    North Carolina
    Fatal · 1 death
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc (risk retention group)
on record since Jul 29, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2023
1 other liability filing also on file
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY → Universal Casualty Risk Retention Group, Inc (Jul 2026); KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Jul 2024); UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY → KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2024)
  • 7 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 4 took effect (the last Apr 1, 2026, replaced the same day); 3 replaced before they took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 15, 2023)

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 Jersey 3
  • South Carolina 3
  • North Carolina 2
  • Pennsylvania (HQ) 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 1
  • Connecticut 1
  • Florida 1