INTERNATIONAL MOTOR FREIGHT INC

DOT# 430808 MC# 212742 DUNS# 199966094 Newark, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(973) 718-6624 safety@imfnj.com 318 Port Street, Newark NJ 07114
180 tractors · all owned 80 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 73.6 / 100
Low confidence
36 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
180
Drivers · CDL
80 · 80
Annual miles
2.6M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 90 0 0 90
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-13-1993) · 33 yr old
Registered
12-11-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-29-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
WILLIAM GRATO
Officer
LOUIS GRATO

Cargo

61.2
medium risk
Intermodal Containers 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 180 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 16 units seen in 24 months, 0.05 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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 a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 100–199 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 0.77×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.2 vs 1.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.2
Similar fleets
1.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About typical for 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), all 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.5 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.44× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -8%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 11 of 25 violations (44%). Light or brake defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 16 of the 180 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (18 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 180 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 7.7% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • 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, Apr 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
44% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
7.7%
1 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
25
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,871 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.003 0.024
Inspections 0.10 0.91
Violations 0.07 0.51
Critical violations 0.00 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

25 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    22 · 1 OOS
    Lights 11 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 8
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1 · 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
  • Oct
    24
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Oct
    15
    2024
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$2,000,000 · National Interstate Insurance Company of Hawaii
on record since Oct 12, 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
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. → National Interstate Insurance Company of Hawaii (Oct 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Nov 16, 1988)

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 (HQ) 11
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • New York 1