FONTAINE TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 595647 MC# 274652 Port Colborne, ON Authorized For-Hire
(905) 835-5797 patti@fontainetransport.com 72 Killaly Street East, Port Colborne ON L3K 1N4
11 power units · all owned 7 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
31 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
120k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 13 0 0 13

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
03-28-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-30-2024 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LARRY FONTAINE

Cargo

63.8
medium risk
Household Goods General Freight Other: PAINT
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods

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 on this page assume the filed fleet of 11 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 1 unit seen in 24 months, 0.05 inspections per filed unit-year. 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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

1 inspection and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

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.

80% likely range 0.01×–2.20×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.0 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.0
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (11 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.76× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 1 of the 11 filed power units was seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (1 inspection in all). The crash expectation assumes all 11 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
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.
  • Canada-domiciled motor carrier
    Domiciled in Canada — cross-border operating rules and inspection patterns differ from US-based motor carriers.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Apr 2026 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
1
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 0.09 1.11
Violations 0.05 0.89
Critical violations 0.00 0.17

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

What they get cited for

1 violation · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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

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

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company
on record since Sep 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 1997
1 other liability filing also on file
Cargo filing
required · on file · Northbridge General Insurance Corporation since Aug 5, 2024
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: Northbridge General Insurance Corporation → Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company (Aug 2026); ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → Northbridge General Insurance Corporation (Aug 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 9, 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
  • New York 1