Your DOT, MC, RFC, NSC, CVOR and NIR numbers

Cargado asks every carrier for the registration number its own country issues. Which one you enter depends on where you are based, and the form only asks for the ones that apply to you.

United States

Your USDOT number, up to eight digits. We look it up against the FMCSA record as you type, so you will know straight away whether it matched.

Four things stop that lookup, and each means something different:

• The record is registered in another country. The DOT number is real, it just is not registered where you told us you are based. Check the country on the form.
• No record found. Usually a typo. Brand new authority can also take time to appear in the FMCSA file.
• The record is not active. FMCSA shows the authority as inactive. That has to be resolved with FMCSA, not with us.
• The record is not a carrier. The number belongs to a broker, or to an entity with no operating authority. If you run both a brokerage and a fleet, give us the fleet's number.

Your MC number is not asked for at signup. You add it to your company profile afterwards.

Mexico

Your legal company name and your RFC. We check the shape of the RFC as you type, so a transposed digit is caught before you submit. The example on screen is XAXX010101000.

You also upload your SCT permit as a document during signup.

Canada

Canada issues three different numbers depending on the province, so the form asks you to pick one first:

• CVOR if you are registered in Ontario
• NIR if you are registered in Quebec
• NSC for every other province

You enter one of the three, not all of them. The field takes six to nine digits and formats them as 123-456-789 for you. If your profile says you have no NSC, CVOR or NIR on file, this is the field to fill in, and picking the wrong one of the three is the most common reason it will not save.

If the number is right and it still will not take

Email carriers@cargado.com with your company name and the number you are entering, and we will check the record from our side.