TWINS21 INC

TWINS21 INC is a small fleet, operating 3 power units and 3 drivers, based in Fall River, MA. Across 2 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 0.0% out-of-service rate sits below the 19.4% national average, with 1 reportable crash. An active insurance filing is on record, and no operating authority record was located.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution

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OOS rate worse than size peers Vehicle 50.0% vs peer 0.00% Details →

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — TWINS21 INC (USDOT 2337973)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Vehicle 50.0% vs peer 0.00%

On file:
  (none)

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/2337973/
As of: Sep 19, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 2337973 Active PRIVATE PROPERTY Company officer: JAMES B PALUMBO Company officer 2: JAMES B PALUMBO General Freight Based in FALL RIVER, MA

FMCSA census as of Sep 19, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · B

Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 80/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

B confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD

Insurance/BIPD signal not resolved for this carrier.

NR reason: No active policies and no uninsured flag to score against.

OOS vs peers

Mixed vs peers · 40/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 50% vs peer median 0% (worse). n=323710 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Operating authority

No authority breakdown on file.

Insurance

No active policies on file.

BOC-3 agent

No BOC-3 filing on file.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 2337973

In FMCSA records since Aug 28, 2012 (~14y)

Company officer JAMES B PALUMBO

Company officer 2 JAMES B PALUMBO

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Cargo carried

General Freight

Fleet size 3 units

Drivers 3

Annual mileage 38,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (774) 488-6700

Email: [email protected]

Physical

458 MAPLE ST

FALL RIVER, MA 02720

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 2337973

In FMCSA records since Aug 28, 2012 (~14y)

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 38,000 mi

vs. National Average

Vehicle OOS Rate 50.0% vs 23.4% +26.6 pts

Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts

Violations per Inspection 9.50 vs 1.80 +7.70

Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	3	0	0
Trailers	3	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Accident reports (24 months)

All 1 crashes →

	6–12 months	Total
Fatalities	0	0
Injuries	1	1
Tow-away	1	1
Crash reports	1	1

Reportable crashes from FMCSA MCMIS for the trailing 24 months. Counts may differ slightly from SAFER due to reporting lag.

Inspections (24 months)

All 3 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	2	2	0
OOS inspections	0	0	0
OOS percentage	0%	0%	—
National average	6.7%	23.4%	4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

FMCSA roadside history on file

OOS Rate (peak)

50.0%

driver or vehicle, whichever higher

Crashes (24m)

Authorities

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

TWINS21 INC had 2 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 0.0%, which is below the national average of 19.4%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 7.0. 1 reportable crash occurred in the same 24-month window.

Inspection profile

2 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, most heavily in MA (2 stops).

Violation profile

0.0% out-of-service rate, well below the 19.4% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (46.2% of violations); top code 396.17(c) (Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection) cited 2 times.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 3 power units (small fleet) and 3 drivers; Heil and Mack are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

High OOS rate

Peak OOS rate of 50.0% is well above FMCSA MCSAP national averages (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%).

OOS order history

1 out-of-service order issued against this carrier.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 323,710 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–5 power units (±50% of this carrier's 3 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 323,710 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

50%

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 323,710 same-size peers

Verdict

Riskier than peers

Delta +50 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (2 months)

2025-05 2025-09

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.

State	Inspections	OOS	OOS %	Last Inspection
Massachusetts (MA)	2	0	0.0%	Sep 29, 2025

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Heil		2
Mack		2

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Inspections	Serious	Measure	Percentile	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Unsafe Driving	1	—	3.33	3	—	Sep 14, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	2	—	7.00	7	—	Sep 14, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (3 rows) View all 3 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
85936687	Sep 29, 2025	MA	1	S-SWANSEA	MACK TRUCK TRACTOR MA 1AL82D · 1M1AA13YX4N156192	12	393.45D-BAAL, 396.5B-HWSL, 396.3A1-BALR	No
84680239	May 14, 2025	MA	2	H-SWANSEA	MACK TRUCK TRACTOR MA 1AJ43B · 1M2AA13Y8PW029497	7	392.2-SLLEWA1, 392.2-SLLEWG2, 392.2-SLLEWA2	No
79115959	Jul 11, 2023	MA	2	H-REHOBOTH	KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR MA 1AC47J · 1XKEDB9X9KJ373335	4	383.23(a)(2), 396.17(c), 396.3(a)(1)	Yes

Recent Crashes (1 row)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
MATBC0036309	Sep 29, 2025	MA	0	1	Yes	No	Injury

MC Certificate Documents (1 letter, 1 PDF)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Sep 14, 2012	MC798306-C	Original MC Certificate	Revocation	Original MC Certificate →

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Sep 16, 2014

oos

Out-of-service order — New Entrant Revoked - Failure of Safety Audit

Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections	OOS
H-REHOBOTH	MA	1	1
H-SWANSEA	MA	1	0
S-SWANSEA	MA	1	0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code	Description	Category	Cited	OOS
396.17(c)	Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection	Vehicle Maintenance	2	0
383.23(a)(2)	Operating a CMV without a CDL	Driver Fitness	1	1
396.3(a)(1)	Inspection, repair and maintenance of parts and accessories	Vehicle Maintenance	1	0

Related Records

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