CARIBE FREIGHT FORWARDING OF PUERTO RICO INC

DBA: CARIBEX WORLDWIDE DBA CBX GLOBAL

DOT# 658551 DUNS# 49407133 Aguadilla, PR Authorized For-Hire
(787) 658-7000 mchatt@cbxglobal.com Hwy 110 Km24 6, Aguadilla PR 00603
61 power units · all owned 33 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Excellent
FRED Score 92.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
30 yrs history · 54 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
61
Drivers · CDL
33 · 29
Annual miles
1.4M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 31 0 0 31
Tractors 30 0 0 30
Trailers 70 0 0 70

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
09-11-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-30-2023 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOSEPH CHATT
Officer
PETER CHATT

Cargo

62.8
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Intermodal Containers General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Beverages US Mail Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

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).

Stale MCS-150 Filing

This motor carrier has not updated their MCS-150 in over 3 years. Reported mileage and fleet size may be outdated.

Intrastate operation

Runs within Puerto Rico only. Intrastate fleets in Puerto Rico are inspected about 1 a year for every 10 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.48×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
1.0
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 1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.73× and out-of-service orders 0.78× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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 (Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 21 of 54 violations (39%). Light or brake defects led to 7 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 3 for phone use.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 17.9% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 1.9% vs 8.5%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • 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, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
54
52% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
17.9%
5 of 28
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
1.9%
1 of 52
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
54
8 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Puerto Rico (about 21 in 24 months would be typical; 49% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 7 inspections, 3 out of service 7 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 15 inspections, 1 out of service 15 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 365 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.010
Inspections 0.62 0.23
Violations 0.44 0.14
Critical violations 0.05 0.02

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

What they get cited for

54 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    41 · 7 OOS
    Lights 21 · Brakes 5 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 14
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    8 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 3 · Seat belt 3 · Reckless / lane 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    5 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 4 · 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

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Puerto Rico (HQ) 54

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).