Carrier vetting guides

What brokers and shippers should check before handing over a load, province by province.

• How to vet a carrier in Canada: a broker's checklist
  Step-by-step carrier vetting for Canadian freight brokers and shippers: NSC certificate, provincial safety record, insurance, US authority and identity checks.
• The Ontario CVOR abstract, explained for brokers
  What an Ontario CVOR abstract shows, how to read the safety rating and overall violation rate, and what to ask a carrier for before you load.
• Double brokering and carrier identity theft: 10 red flags
  The warning signs of double brokering and carrier identity theft that Canadian and US brokers see most, and the checks that stop them.
• Checking a Quebec carrier: CTQ, NIR and NEQ
  How to check a Quebec carrier with the Commission des transports du Québec: the NIR, the NEQ and the public lists of Unsatisfactory and Conditional ratings.
• Carrier certificate of insurance: what to check
  A checklist for reading a trucking carrier's certificate of insurance: named insured, policy dates, liability and cargo limits, exclusions, and how to confirm it.

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