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3288 ATLANTIC HIGHWAY, WALDOBORO, ME, 04572

DOT# 527092 MC# 264680 Waldoboro, Maine 32 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Sep 1, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Sep 1, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Nov 11, 2024
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
Sep 16, 2024
Roadside inspection, 13 violations (no OOS).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address3288 ATLANTIC HIGHWAY, WALDOBORO, ME, 04572

Mailing Address3288 ATLANTIC HIGHWAY, WALDOBORO, ME, 04572

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC264680

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating32 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt For HirePrivate (Property)

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 16.75 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers1

Operating32 years

MCS-15009/2023

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

3 · 0 OOS -

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Sep 2025, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

21 roadside violations across 3 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 17 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
09/01/2025	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARREN	2	0	2	-	▲Detail
11/11/2024	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLD TOWN - SCALES NB	6	0	6	-	▲Detail
09/16/2024	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLD TOWN - SCALES NB	13	1	12	-	▲Detail
02/06/2024	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLD TOWN	8	0	8	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections3

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	478629	$750,000	12/27/2005	09/10/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	456857	$750,000	12/16/2004	09/10/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	11/19/2008	03/20/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL630210	$1,000,000	10/22/2003	01/24/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389424	$1,000,000	10/18/2002	02/07/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	09/21/2009	01/05/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN571416	$750,000	09/10/2007	10/27/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501572	$750,000	09/10/2006	02/24/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501572	$750,000	09/10/2006	02/02/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	478629	$750,000	09/10/2005	01/17/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	478629	$750,000	09/10/2005	12/27/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	456857	$1,000,000	09/10/2004	12/16/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	07/07/2011	01/26/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501572	$750,000	07/06/2007	09/10/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389424	$1,000,000	06/26/2003	10/18/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA5473624	$750,000	05/09/2012	02/05/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	310092	$750,000	04/13/1996	04/13/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	295101	$750,000	04/13/1995	04/13/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	293703	$750,000	04/13/1994	04/13/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389424	$1,000,000	04/09/2003	06/26/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	376749	$1,000,000	04/05/2002	09/17/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.	AMR558459	$1,000,000	04/01/1997	04/05/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	03/20/2009	09/21/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389424	$1,000,000	02/07/2003	05/07/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	389424	$1,000,000	02/07/2003	04/09/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501572	$750,000	02/02/2007	07/06/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	501572	$750,000	02/02/2007	07/28/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	01/27/2011	07/07/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	01/26/2012	05/09/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	01/26/2012	06/11/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL630210	$1,000,000	01/24/2004	06/13/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 6667676	$1,000,000	01/05/2011	01/27/2011	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/30/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/24/2012
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/21/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/28/2005
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/09/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/22/2010
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/20/2005
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/11/2002	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/20/2002
MC264680	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/30/1993	REVOKED	06/21/2004
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/15/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/13/2005
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/14/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/12/2007
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/14/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/12/2006
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/02/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/09/2007
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/18/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/19/1997
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/1996	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/03/1996
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/01/1995
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/13/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/1994
MC264680	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/08/2005	REVOKED	11/03/2008
MC264680	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/01/2009	REVOKED	02/13/2017
MC264680	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/29/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/05/2007

No revocation records.

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48/100

Fair

NOT VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 48

−25

−15

−10

Starts at 100−52 totalFinal 48

No insurance or bond on file−25

No active operating authority−15

MCS-150 update overdue−10

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

No active for-hire or broker authority on file.

Active insurance on file

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-15

No active operating authority FAILS VERIFICATION

No active for-hire (common/contract) or broker authority on file.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

GRINDLES TRANSPORT INC

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Company Information

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Drivers

Safety Summary

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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