Every carrier applies, and our carrier team reviews the application before turning the account on. Until then, a carrier can't see or bid on freight. What a carrier submits depends on where it's based.
Carriers apply with their USDOT number, and the application looks it up in FMCSA records. Before our team can turn on a U.S.-based carrier's account, our records must show active common or contract authority.
Mexican carriers can apply without a USDOT number. They submit their RFC and constancia de situación fiscal, SICT operating permit, proof of address and ID for their legal representative, and companies add their acta constitutiva. Our team reviews these documents. If your load needs U.S. registration or authority, confirm the carrier holds it before you tender.
Canadian carriers submit their provincial safety registration number (CVOR, NIR or NSC), a safety fitness certificate, a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of insurance. Carriers with employees also submit a workers' compensation clearance.
Carriers applying today are asked for three references from companies they've hauled for: brokers, 3PLs, shippers or freight forwarders.
Our team is alerted when a carrier's USDOT status is no longer active. Brokers can block a carrier on any load or lane they post. If our team deactivates a carrier, it can no longer see or bid on freight.
A carrier can't bid on your freight until our team has turned its account on.
List requirements like CTPAT, bonded status or cargo insurance on each posting. Carriers state these on their own profile, so confirm them before you tender. Cargado's review doesn't replace your own carrier onboarding.
Tell us about a carrier and our team will look into it. We can restrict or deactivate the account.
Carriers across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, each turned on by our team.
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