Freight Broker Carrier Vetting Process: How to Screen Out Double Brokers
It’s a familiar story. A load tenders clean, the carrier confirms, the truck shows up on the BOL, and then the freight vanishes into a re-broker chain three layers deep. By the time anyone notices, the shipper is calling about a missed delivery and the “carrier” on the RateCon isn’t the outfit that actually hauled it. Double brokering and identity theft in this industry aren’t rare edge cases anymore — they’re a cost of doing business unless your vetting process is built to catch them before the truck ever gets dispatched. ...