Carrier profile · USDOT 1295238 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

MLB

4 power unitsavg 5.7 yrLocal · 1 statesMALTA, NY74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.7Avg age (yr)

2016–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(518) 289-1371 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average66.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average14.3% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 2

Established 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Authority not on file

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.7 yr

Model years 2016–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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Vehicle OOS 66.67% on 6 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

7 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 12, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 66.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

66.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 4-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

No insurance filing history on record.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 12, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 4

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

57.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 12, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NY busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New York: 7 inspections

Home base

MALTA, NY

ONE STONE BREAK ROAD

Most inspections: NY

7 inspections

NY 7

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 12, 2026

Shares a company officer with other carriers

scott shepherd — 8 carriers: USDOT 842059 USDOT 1885583 USDOT 2007874 USDOT 2019258 USDOT 2151678 USDOT 2453146 USDOT 2463084

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 12, 2026

Location

Physical address: ONE STONE BREAK ROAD, MALTA, NY, 12020
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (518) 289-1371
Fax: (518) 289-1652
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: mlbind.com

Registration

Officers: Scott Shepherd · Jim Dawsey
USDOT / docket: 1295238
First registered: Oct 14, 2004
Last MCS-150: Aug 7, 2025 · 26,136 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

26,136

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 12, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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67%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 6 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

19violation records

9OOS-tagged records

4 of 6inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

989%8 / 9

Unsafe driving

50%0 / 5

Driver fitness

250%1 / 2

Lights

20%0 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

100%Oct 24 to Apr 251 / 1

67%Apr 25 to Oct 252 / 3

100%Oct 25 to Apr 261 / 1

0%Apr 26 to Oct 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (7 of 19 records)

392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1

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391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.110B3-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.43D-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43DBMA Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.48A-BIHE Brakes inoperative1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Driver fitness

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for MLB.

MLB (USDOT 1295238) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier has an unknown current for-hire authority status because no FMCSA L&I authority row is available. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 12, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 66.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 12, 2026.

The carrier received 7 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 7 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 12, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 12, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 7, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 12, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 12, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MLB's USDOT number?

MLB's USDOT number is 1295238.

Is MLB authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 12, 2026. MLB is active in the FMCSA register.

What is MLB's safety record?

MLB has a 66.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 11 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).