FMCSA shuts down Florida-based small fleet following fatal crash, egregious safety violations
Summary
Professional Marine Hauler’s LLC was served a federal Imminent Hazard Operations Out-of-Service Order on Jan. 14. “The agency’s compliance investigation found Professional Marine Hauler’s and its principals, Claudia Angelique Abreu and Ariel Martinez, operating CMVs with a total disregard for safety,” FMCSA added. The two company principals showed a total disregard for vehicle maintenance, driver qualifications, controlled substances and alcohol testing, hours of service and oversize/overweight limits for CMVs, according to FMCSA. “December’s gain was the fifth straight totaling 4.4%,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. But overall, we have seen a nice trend up that is reflective of a still growing goods-economy.” Compared with December 2020, the SA index rose 1.4%, which was the fourth straight year-over-year gain.