EMPIRE AG TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 645648 MC# 302846 Delano, CA Authorized For-Hire
(661) 725-1406 rosie@empireagtransport.com 430 Glenwood St, Delano CA 93215
86 power units · all owned 4 drivers
Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
30 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
86
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
500k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 80 0 0 80
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-17-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-22-2024 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ANDREW A. KOUKLIS, JR
Officer
BETTY L. KOUKLIS

Cargo

57.2
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food Fresh Produce Dry Bulk
High-Risk Cargo
Refrigerated Food, Meat

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 86 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 7 units seen in 24 months, 0.04 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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

Not enough record to grade yet.

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

Similar fleets: private fleets of 50–99 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 0.16×–2.10×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-5 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 (86 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.20×, violations 1.95× and out-of-service orders 1.28× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +17%.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 7 of the 86 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (7 inspections in all). The crash expectation assumes all 86 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
14% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
13
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.025
Inspections 0.37 0.91
Violations 0.08 0.53
Critical violations 0.02 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

13 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Lights 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 3 · Phone use 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • 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 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jun 1, 2008 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1997
Cargo filing
on file · AGCS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY since Dec 27, 2010
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 Apr 22, 2011)

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
  • California (HQ) 7