Published standards.
Verified before every dispatch.
Most brokers claim to vet their carriers. Most don't publish the specifications against which that vetting happens — because specifications invite scrutiny, and scrutiny invites accountability. These are the exact requirements from Conveyed's Carrier-Broker Agreement. Every carrier that moves a shipment in our network meets them. We check before every dispatch, not once at onboarding.
Institutional discipline requires institutional disclosure.
A standard that can't be audited is marketing language, not a standard. The same principle governs every regulated financial institution — if a risk-management policy exists only in internal documents, it doesn't exist at all. Publishing the carrier floor in plain view lets clients, counterparties, and regulators hold Conveyed to it. That is the point.
The numbers every carrier must carry.
Five requirements verified before any carrier receives a dispatch.
Active Motor Carrier authority issued by the FMCSA — confirmed directly on SAFER before every dispatch. USDOT number verified as active, not merely registered. Interstate operating authority status, not pending, revoked, or inactive. A carrier whose authority lapsed between onboarding and dispatch does not move a shipment.
FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory or Unrated — Conditional and Unsatisfactory ratings disqualify the carrier outright. CSA BASIC measurement data is reviewed against peer-group performance for every dispatch, not just at onboarding. Crash and inspection history is evaluated on the merits of what the data shows, not gamed against a published threshold.
Certificate of Insurance verified against the carrier's actual underwriter — not a static PDF. Active coverage dates must fully span the transit window. Policy limits meet or exceed the minimums published on this page and the higher amount specified in any Rate Confirmation. Insurance is confirmed before every dispatch, not once at onboarding.
Compliance with 49 C.F.R. Parts 300–399 — the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations governing driver qualifications, hours of service, vehicle maintenance, hazardous-materials handling, and record retention. A carrier whose operational posture creates federal exposure for Conveyed or the shipper does not qualify, regardless of insurance status.
Signed Carrier-Broker Agreement on file before dispatch. Binding prohibition on unauthorized re-brokering — a carrier cannot subcontract a Conveyed load to a third party without written consent. Liability, indemnity, and dispute-resolution terms agreed in writing, not assumed by custom. Rate Confirmations issued per shipment with the specific terms of that dispatch.
A carrier that was qualified last month may not be qualified today.
One-time onboarding is a snapshot, not a standard. Authority can lapse — carriers miss a biennial update, a bond expires, an insurance policy gets cancelled for nonpayment between renewals. Safety ratings shift after a compliance review. CSA measurement data moves every month as new inspections and crashes get coded. A carrier whose credentials were verified six months ago is not the same counterparty today.
Conveyed verifies the complete qualification stack — active authority, insurance certificate dated through the transit window, safety rating, CSA data — before every dispatch. Not at onboarding. Not monthly. Every load. The same discipline that governs counterparty risk in institutional finance governs counterparty risk in vehicle transport: verify before exposure, every time.
No exceptions.
What Conveyed carries on top.
Conveyed operates under its own Motor Carrier authority as a licensed property broker (MC-XXXXXXX). Authority status is public record and verifiable on SAFER. A broker operating without active authority is operating illegally — the floor, not a credential.
BMC-84 surety bond (or BMC-85 trust fund equivalent) in the full $75,000 amount required under the FMCSA financial-responsibility rule effective January 16, 2026. The bond protects carriers in our network if Conveyed fails to pay for completed work. An active bond is a federal prerequisite — we hold it because the rule requires it, and we make it visible because we take the rule seriously.
Conveyed carries its own contingent cargo insurance as a secondary layer on top of carrier primary coverage. If a carrier's policy fails — lapsed between dispatch and incident, exclusion triggers, insolvent underwriter — the contingent layer activates. Most brokers in this industry do not carry contingent cargo. We do.
Photo-documented Bill of Lading at both pickup and delivery, captured at the joint inspection — not substituted with a clean signature. Certificate of Insurance archived per load, tied to the dispatch record. Written Rate Confirmations and dispatch confirmations for every shipment. The paper trail is as rigorous as the vetting.