The Founding Register is open to enclosed carriers.
View the criteria →How verification works
Authority comes from the federal register. Insurance comes from the insurer. Identity comes from state records. Nothing is accepted from the party making the claim.
Files are confirmed before an account opens and confirmed again on a cycle for as long as the membership lasts.
What is confirmed is published here. How a problem is detected is not.
Confirmed with the federal regulator.
Operating authority, safety rating, inspection history and crash record are pulled from the government's own registries. Authority age and ownership continuity are reviewed alongside them.
A cloned DOT number does not survive this check.
Confirmed with the insurer.
The federal government stopped requiring most for-hire carriers to file cargo coverage in March 2011. Authority is public. Safety is public. Auto liability is public. Cargo coverage is on none of them, and what replaced the filing is a certificate the carrier prints.
Every carrier signs a standing authorization directing their insurer to confirm the policy with Echelon Transport Network and to report any change, for the duration of the membership.
The agent of record is verified before contact — licence, line of authority, and appointment by the named insurer, checked against the national registry at contact details sourced independently. At the higher tiers the insurer's own policy desk corroborates separately.
Confirmed limits are not published. A limit determines a tier and nothing else. Other members see a tier band and a confirmation date. The restriction is written into the authorization itself.
Whether the policy is in force, the cargo limit per occurrence, the deductible, the effective dates, the scheduled equipment, and the coverage history. Nothing beyond that, and the document says so.
FMCSA, Cargo Insurance for Property Loss or Damage, final rule effective 21 March 2011.
Confirmed with the insurer.
Inception date, continuity of coverage, prior cancellations and mid-term reductions, confirmed alongside the current policy.
Registered by VIN, matched against the policy.
Every tractor and enclosed trailer is registered by VIN and reconciled against the insurer's equipment schedule. A unit absent from the schedule cannot be registered, and a unit that is not registered cannot appear at a pickup.
Drivers select their assigned units from the registered fleet and photograph the VIN plate on each. Numbers are not typed.
Confirmed against state records.
Every driver is identified once through a verification provider before their first load. The credential is read by the provider; Echelon Transport Network receives the result, the method and the date.
Every load carries a declared value covering every vehicle on the trailer. That total is measured against the carrier's confirmed cargo limit. Loads above it are not sent to the account.
A cargo policy pays one limit per incident, not one limit per vehicle — a trailer carrying six vehicles at $150,000 each is a $900,000 claim against a single limit.
A policy confirmed in February can be cancelled in April, and the certificate on file will still read as current through January.
Every member holds a confirmation valid through a stated date. Re-confirmation runs ahead of expiry, on a cycle, more frequently at higher tiers.
Accepting a load requires an affirmation that coverage remains in force, timestamped into the record. Changes on the federal record restrict an account the day they post. Members report any coverage change within 24 hours.
At pickup, the person releasing the vehicle verifies the driver and the equipment. At delivery, the driver verifies the person receiving it. Neither inspection opens until the check clears.
Both run through Echelon Custody Verification.
| Field | Board | Assigned carrier |
|---|---|---|
| Route, city and state | Shown | Shown |
| Length, width, height, clearance, weight | Shown | Shown |
| Handling and modification notes | Shown | Shown |
| Equipment, ship window, rate | Shown | Shown |
| Tier band | Shown | Shown |
| Pickup address and keyholder | Withheld | On assignment |
| Delivery address and keyholder | Withheld | Once pickup is signed |
| Year, make, model and VIN | Withheld | At pickup, to the driver |
| Declared value | Withheld | Not released |
Every listing reads Echelon Vehicle.
Members view their own; the verification desk views all of them. Authority. Ownership continuity. Insurance. Coverage history. Equipment. Drivers. Confirmation validity. Each carries the date it was confirmed and the source it was confirmed against.
Illustrative record · the member's own view · no such member exists
| Check | What was confirmed | Source | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authority | Active, no lapse on record | Federal register | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Ownership continuity | No change of control since inception | Federal register | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Insurance | Cargo coverage in force, tier band confirmed | The insurer, in writing | 14 Feb 2026 |
| Coverage history | Inception date, continuity, no prior cancellation | The insurer, in writing | 14 Feb 2026 |
| Equipment | Every tractor and trailer VIN present on the policy schedule | Insurer's equipment schedule | 14 Feb 2026 |
| Drivers | ████████ — identified through a verification provider | State records | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Confirmation validity | Current — re-confirmation runs ahead of expiry, on a cycle | The verification desk | ██ ███ ████ |
Strikes on record: none. Every entry a member holds is visible to them, with the standard it was measured against.
The next confirmation date is a member's own. It is shown to them inside their file and is not published here.
Neither. It is a technology and verification platform. It takes custody of no vehicle and handles no freight funds.
No. It confirms that the carrier moving the vehicle holds coverage meeting the requirement, confirmed with the insurer.
No. A certificate is a claim. Confirmation comes from the insurer, at contact details sourced independently.
Yes. Every line carries a date, every load carries an affirmation, federal changes act immediately, and every broker carries contingent coverage behind the carrier. The window is narrowed and documented. It is not eliminated.
No. Every member is held to the same requirements.