EMERALD TRANSPORTATION CORP

DBA: EMERALD TOWING SERVICE

DOT# 841111 Deerfield Beach, FL Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(800) 239-0604 jim@emeraldtowing.com 4000 N Powerline Rd, Deerfield Beach FL 33073
19 power units · all owned 22 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Excellent
FRED Score 92.2 / 100
Low confidence
27 yrs history · 32 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
19
Drivers · CDL
22 · 14
Annual miles
58k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 18 0 0 18
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Registered
11-24-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-17-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PATRICK JENNINGS
Officer
JAMES M JENNINGS

Cargo

67.9
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: TOWING US Mail Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

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.

Expected crash rate is about half that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: private 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.

This motor carrier 0.47×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
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.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.06×, out-of-service orders 0.13× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.24× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -42%. 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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% 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, Nov 2024 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
32
97% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 31
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 32
National avg 6.7%
Violations
1
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 20 inspections, 0 out of service 20 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: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 1.39 1.11
Violations 0.03 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
    Lights 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

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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
  • Florida (HQ) 32

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).