PENCO CORPORATION

DOT# 7598 MC# 215514 DUNS# 2484418 Seaford, DE Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(302) 629-7911 ewillis@pencocorp.com 1503 W Stein Hwy, Seaford DE 19973-1198
38 power units · all owned 20 drivers
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 4 of the 38 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
52 yrs history · 10 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
38
Drivers · CDL
20 · 11
Annual miles
309k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 19 0 0 19
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 25 0 0 25

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (10-04-1989) · 37 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-23-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JEFFREY T PETERSON

Cargo

32.6
low risk
Building Materials Other: PLUMBING SUPPLIES Construction

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.65× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 38 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 4 units seen in 24 months, 0.13 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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.65×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.5
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 0.5 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.47×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.50× and out-of-service orders 0.63× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -16%.

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 (Nov 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 4 of the 38 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (10 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 38 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
70% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.0%
1 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
3
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 721 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.019
Inspections 0.21 0.53
Violations 0.04 0.27
Critical violations 0.01 0.05

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

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Lights 1 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jul 1, 2016 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 1988
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 13, 1990)

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
  • Maryland 8
  • Virginia 2