Carrier profile · USDOT 9153 · MC-237741 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Bisson Transportation Inc

30 power unitsavg 9 yrNational · 17 statesWESTBROOK, ME88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-237741 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

30Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

22Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.0Avg age (yr)

2002–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(207) 514-1060 Email dispatchjkatzianer@bissontransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 83 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

30 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9 yr

Model years 2002–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

45 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 4.6 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 45
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 12 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Hanover’99–’05

Granite State’13–’17

Protective’18–’22

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2025

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Feb 2025	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2025	$1M	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2022	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2022	$1M	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2018 → Mar 2022	$1M	4
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$1M	1
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2013 → Dec 2017	$1M	2
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2013	$1M	2
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	May 2005 → May 2005	$1M	2
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	May 1999 → May 2005	$1M	2
MASSACHUSETTS BAY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1999 → May 1999	$1M	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	May 1999 → May 1999	$1M	2
COREGIS INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1997 → May 1999	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1995 → May 1997	$1M	1
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 1993 → Apr 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 30
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 22

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

81.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

ME busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

WESTBROOK, ME

85 EISENHOWER DRIVE

Top corridor

ME 20 · MA 3 · VT 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4543997Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (11 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3833757 USDOT 3864376 USDOT 24491 USDOT 1626502 USDOT 3388288 USDOT 4095125 USDOT 471832 USDOT 2322412

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@bissontransportation.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3793712 USDOT 3796116

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james cooper — 32 carriers: USDOT 102899 USDOT 103285 USDOT 303239 USDOT 355734 USDOT 740650 USDOT 889842 USDOT 988049 USDOT 1031146

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 85 EISENHOWER DRIVE, WESTBROOK, ME, 04092
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (207) 514-1060
Email: jkatzianer@bissontransportation.com
Web domain: bissontransportation.com

Registration

Officer: James Cooper
USDOT / docket: 9153 · MC-237741
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Mar 5, 2025 · 1,348,420 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 14, 2011
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,348,420

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC.

BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 9153) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 19, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 45 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 45 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 30 power units and 32 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 5, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 14, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 9153, and its motor carrier number is MC-237741.

Is BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC has a 18.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 83 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC operates 30 power units and 32 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC based?

BISSON TRANSPORTATION INC is based in WESTBROOK, ME, with roadside inspections recorded across 17 states.

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