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Powered by FreightSeal, our own verification platform

We verify the carrier before your car moves.

Who the carrier really is, whether their insurance is active, and whether the insured truck is the one that shows up — checked on every load, by our own system.

5
steps, from your order to pickup
$725M
estimated cargo theft losses in the U.S. and Canada in 2025*
0
outside verification services — it’s our own
See the five steps

Why a car can arrive damaged — and the insurance won’t pay.

Many brokers check a carrier once, when it signs up: documents and reviews. The trouble happens later, at your pickup, where those checks don’t reach.

  • Hijacked account Reviews won’t catch itA clean history on paper — and a stranger behind the wheel.
  • Fake insurance certificate A document from the carrierEasy to fake. Expired — or never existed.
  • Wrong truck No coverageOne truck is insured, your car rides on another. The claim is denied.

One chain of checks, from order to pickup.

  1. 01Your order is registered
  2. 02Text to the FMCSA phone
  3. 03Insurance from the agent
  4. 04Agent sends the insured VINs
  5. 05VIN and location at pickup

Step 1 of 5 · Order

Your order is registered in our system.

The moment you book, your shipment gets its own order number. Verification for your car starts here — and the same number works on Order status.

Order number SH482107 Unique to your car · never reused

Step 2 of 5 · Identity

A text to the phone on file with the FMCSA.

We text the phone number in the federal FMCSA registry — not a number the carrier gives us. Only the real owner of that number can confirm your load. A hijacked account never gets the text.

FMCSA registry +1 (•••) •••-••••
Confirmed by the owner

Example

Step 3 of 5 · Insurance

Insurance straight from the agent.

Once the carrier confirms, we request the certificate of insurance from their insurance agent — never from the carrier — and confirm the policy is active. The carrier never touches the document.

ShiftHaul Insurance agent Policy active

Step 4 of 5 · Insured trucks

The agent sends the VINs of the insured trucks.

The agent sends the VIN of every vehicle on the active policy. We keep the trucks only and store the exact list — so we know precisely which trucks are covered.

  • 1XKAD49X8…1137
  • 3AKJHHDR5…4821
  • 1FUJGLDR9…6604
  • 1UYVS2534…0912trailer, not kept

Example · trucks only

Step 5 of 5 · Pickup

At pickup: the truck’s VIN and the driver’s location.

At your pickup the driver photographs the truck’s VIN plate, and we capture the driver’s location at that moment. The VIN is matched against the agent’s list — a match means your car is loaded on a truck that’s actually insured.

VIN plate photo 3AKJHHDR5…4821
Match — insured truck
Driver on location at the pickup address

Example

Before your car is loaded, the coverage is checked.

A common reason a cargo claim is denied: the truck wasn’t on the policy. We close exactly that gap — before your car is loaded.

  • The carrier is real

    Confirmed on the FMCSA phone — not a hijacked account.

  • The insurance is active

    The certificate comes straight from the agent.

  • The right truck

    The VIN at pickup matches the policy, and the driver is on location.

FreightSeal

Built by the same team as ShiftHaul. No outside verification services.

Verification is included with every ShiftHaul shipment.

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Verification is a check, not insurance. Whether a claim is paid is decided by the insurance company.

* Estimated losses in the U.S. and Canada. Source: Verisk CargoNet, 2025.

Get your car moving.

Getting your price takes about a minute — and every load comes with a verified carrier.

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