Verified Pickup debuts

Verified Carrier said on April 15 it launched Verified Pickup, a product that checks a driver’s identity when freight is physically picked up, not just when a carrier is first approved. (markets.businessinsider.com) The Vancouver, Washington, company described the tool as “driver-level” verification and said it is meant to extend its carrier vetting system through the handoff point where loads leave a shipper or warehouse. (markets.financialcontent.com) In trucking, that handoff is the moment a shipment changes hands in the real world: a driver arrives, presents credentials, and leaves with the load. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration guidance says freight fraud can involve someone using another carrier’s United States Department of Transportation number without authorization or acting as an unregistered broker. (fmcsa.dot.gov) The gap Verified Carrier is targeting sits between onboarding and delivery. A broker or shipper may verify a carrier’s authority, insurance, and safety status in advance, but a different person can still show up at pickup using stolen or spoofed identity details. (verifiedcarrier.com, fmcsa.dot.gov) That problem has become more expensive. Verisk CargoNet said estimated cargo-theft losses reached nearly $725 million in 2025, up 60 percent from 2024, even though the total number of incidents was relatively stable. (verisk.com) Industry reporting has also described a shift from simple trailer theft toward “strategic” fraud, including identity spoofing, cyber-enabled scams, and double brokering, where a load is re-brokered without authorization. (truckinginfo.com, fmcsa.dot.gov) Federal regulators have responded with tighter identity checks. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it launched identity verification for new United States Department of Transportation applicants in its Unified Registration System, part of a broader anti-fraud push. (mycarrierportal.com, fmcsa.dot.gov) Private vendors are building tools around the same idea. National Motor Freight Traffic Association now markets Standard Carrier Alpha Code Verified as an identity-status layer for carrier codes, while Verified Carrier is pushing verification deeper into the pickup workflow itself. (info.nmfta.org, verifiedcarrier.com) Verified Carrier said Verified Pickup completes what it calls a continuous chain of verified identity from carrier registration to the dock door. The test for the new product will be whether brokers, shippers, and warehouses actually use that extra checkpoint before a load rolls away. (airfreight.news, markets.businessinsider.com)