Documentation
How TDPort carrier vetting works.
Plain-language explanations of every check we run, what the sealed certificate actually proves, and what we deliberately don’t do. Written for brokers, shippers, and the lawyers who end up reading the cert three years later.
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The checks
- FMCSA QCMobileIdentity, authority, insurance, BASICs, OOS rates, crashes, chameleon scan.
- USPS address validationIs the carrier’s stated address real and deliverable?
- Secretary of StateIs the carrier a current, in-good-standing legal entity?
- Domain lifecyclenot yet liveHow old is the carrier’s web presence, and was it always theirs?
- Insurance certificatenot yet liveActive coverage, real limits, insurer confirms direct.
- Owner corroborationnot yet liveIs the named contact a real, identifiable person tied to the carrier?