MARTELL MOTOR EXPRESS INC
Tyngsboro, MA · MC 57369
MARTELL MOTOR EXPRESS INC (USDOT 15123, MC 57369) is a for-hire carrier in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts with 6 power units and 8 drivers. Roadside inspections recorded 2 different power units by VIN over two years, against 6 reported. It is registered as a hazmat carrier.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 15123 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | MARTELL MOTOR EXPRESS INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 57369 |
| Reported physical address | 5A TRADER CIRCLE, TYNGSBORO, MA, 01879, US |
| Reported business phone | (978) 663-8223 |
| Reported power units | 6 |
| Reported drivers | 8 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | May 11, 2026 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Charles F Martell |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier, Shipper |
| Hazmat indicator | Yes |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Compliance review · Apr 29, 1998 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Dec 08, 2015 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
MARTELL MOTOR EXPRESS INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
3 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 2 states. Inspected in 3 of 25 months; busiest Oct 2025 with 1.
| Inspections | 3 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 3) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 1) |
| Violations | 3 across 2 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 0 |
| Crashes | 0 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 0 |
| Placarded hazmat inspections | 0 · 0 with a hazmat out-of-service order |
Most frequent published violation codes
3922SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit13922SLLS4State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit139617CPIOperating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Reported cargo and business classification
MARTELL MOTOR EXPRESS INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 5 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Metal sheets, coils and rolls
- Paper products
- Utility
- Other: LATEX, GLUE
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jun 01, 1974
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- May 11, 2026
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
No matching authority or insurance filings were found in the latest check.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 15123. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightMetal sheets, coils and rolls
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