For carriers · Enclosed transport, verified
Every carrier here passed the same source verification you will — authority pulled from FMCSA, coverage confirmed with the issuing insurer. The operator who would undercut you was never admitted.
Invite-only. Tier-gated. There is no unverified tier.
Verification record — sample carrier
TIER IIMeridian Enclosed Transport
DOT 3412907 · MC 118244
The issue
On an open board a shipper cannot tell you apart from the operator who skipped every premium you pay. Their savings are not efficiency. They are the underbid that takes your load.
Kept below the value sitting on the deck.
Unregistered, unvetted, swapped the morning of pickup.
A certificate nobody confirms.
The corners you refuse to cut are now the price of admission.
What membership is
Membership is admission, not a listing fee. Every carrier and every broker on this board was verified at the source before they could see it.
Everyone bidding on Echelon carries the coverage the deck requires.
Verified before they can post, and re-checked like everyone else.
Tier, standing and strike history attach to every request you send.
Echelon takes no commission and never touches the freight payment.
What we ask of you
If you run by the book, this is gathering, not paperwork. Verification takes as long as the confirmations take, and we will tell you where your file stands.
| # | Step | What you provide |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Phone | A verification code, to confirm the number we reach you on. |
| 02 | Authority | Your legal name, DOT number and MC number. |
| 03 | Insurance | Your insurer, policy number and coverage limit. |
| 04 | Identity | Identity verification for each principal. |
| 05 | Equipment | Every truck and trailer by VIN, with a photograph of each VIN plate. |
| 06 | Drivers | Every driver by license and photo ID, each individually verified. |
Your tier
Your tier is the cargo coverage we confirmed with your insurer. It gates the whole trailer at once, not the single car — a cargo policy pays per occurrence — and the room comes back when the delivery is verified.
Four tiers, from $250,000 to $2,000,000+. Where they sit, and why → The Standard
Raise your confirmed coverage. The tier moves when the coverage does.
Coverage that falls below your tier drops the tier the same day.
Membership
Your tier is assigned free, from the coverage we confirmed. What you pay for is how you work the board, never how closely you are verified.
Standard
$249 / month
The owner-operator and the small enclosed fleet.
Premium
$499 / month
Everything in Standard, plus:
Fleet
$899 / month
Everything in Premium, plus:
Annual prepay: twelve months at the price of ten.
Membership is earned
Applying creates a pending file for the verification desk. Nothing activates until it clears.