Carrier profile · USDOT 207231 · MC-159826 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Pacella Trucking Express Inc

203 power unitsavg 15.6 yrRegional · 4 statesCHICAGO, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-159826 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

203Power units

129 observed · MCS-150

53Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

15.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(773) 475-0394 Email dispatchekyriakides@pacellatrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average52.9% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 45 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1981.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo52.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo52.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

203 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

15.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1981 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

234 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 52.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 234 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 7.5 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 34

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 203-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 203
Inspections · 24 mo: 234
Annualized: ≈117 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving53 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

North River’95–’00

Lincoln General’03–’07

Acuity A’07–’13

Great West’13–’19

West Bend’23–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. · since Feb 2024

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2023 → Feb 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2021 → Oct 2023	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2020 → Oct 2021	$750K	1
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2013 → Oct 2019	$750K	2
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2007 → Oct 2013	$750K	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2003 → Oct 2007	$750K	3
SIRIUS AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2002 → Nov 2003	$750K	2
REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Oct 2002	$750K	1
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2000 → Aug 2002	$750K	3
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1995 → Aug 2000	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1994 → Jan 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 203
Observed power (24 mo): 129
Trailers (towed): 53

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

15.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

35.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

234

IL busiest

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

Home base

CHICAGO, IL

2558 S DAMEN AVE

Top corridor

IL 218 · IN 9 · WI 6

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 1197429Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (30 trucks · 29 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 484360 USDOT 3369028 USDOT 733287 USDOT 863974 USDOT 38111 USDOT 4307110 USDOT 1575970 USDOT 1448952

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@pacellatrucking.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 454838 USDOT 2270842 USDOT 3448991 USDOT 3979986

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

203

Observed (24 mo)

129

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2558 S DAMEN AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60608
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (773) 475-0394
Fax: (773) 927-3973
Email: ekyriakides@pacellatrucking.com
Web domain: pacellatrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Anthony Pacella · William Pacella
USDOT / docket: 207231 · MC-159826
First registered: Dec 21, 1981
Last MCS-150: Jun 5, 2025 · 7,434,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 23, 2009
D-U-N-S: 11241585

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

203

Power units

225

Drivers

214

CDL drivers

7,434,000

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 PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC.

PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC (USDOT 207231) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. effective Feb 16, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 52.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 234 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 234 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 203 power units and 225 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 5, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 23, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 207231, and its motor carrier number is MC-159826.

Is PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC's safety record?

PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC has a 52.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 374 roadside inspections, with 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC's fleet?

PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC operates 203 power units and 225 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC based?

PACELLA TRUCKING EXPRESS INC is based in CHICAGO, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 4 states.

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