Carrier intelligence
Network and operating information to help assess where and how a carrier runs.
Forza Shield™ / Freight fraud prevention
The carrier. The driver. The truck at your dock. Forza Shield connects the checks behind your shipment—before pickup and through delivery.
Independent intelligence. Connected verification.
A team accountable for the decision.
A familiar name is only the beginning
A legitimate carrier’s name can be misused. A convincing email can come from the wrong person. Forza connects independent information with the people, equipment, and shipment in front of us.
“Freight fraud has changed, and the way brokers protect freight has to change with it.”
Nicholas Mascari · Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Carrier impersonation, stolen credentials, and contact details that do not belong to the carrier.
Double brokering and unauthorized reassignment can separate the approved carrier from the truck moving your freight.
Driver, equipment, and authorization details need to connect before freight is released.
Tracking and exception review keep the shipment in view after it leaves the dock.
The Forza Shield protocol
Carrier verification starts before dispatch. Pickup controls connect the approved carrier to the handoff. Visibility continues through delivery. Explore what each layer checks.
Screen the transportation partner across independent intelligence platforms for suspicious activity, safety and compliance concerns, reputation issues, and operational risk.
GenLogs · Highway · Carrier411
Review active operating authority, operating status, and insurance against the shipment requirements and declared cargo value. A certificate on file is only the starting point.
FMCSA record · Authority status · Cargo coverage
Cross-check the carrier, dispatcher, and contact channels. The company accepting the load and the people arranging it need to connect to the same verified transportation partner.
Carrier identity · Dispatcher identity · Contact channels
Verify driver and equipment details against the carrier and shipment, including tractor, trailer, and plate information. Confirm reefer qualifications when temperature matters.
Know Your Driver · Equipment details · Reefer qualification
Review identity mismatches, suspicious domains, double-brokering indicators, and unusual operating patterns. Cross-check signals that a single database or document could miss.
E3 Group · Identity signals · Domain checks
Verify the carrier assignment, driver information, pickup authorization, and shipment details before release. Align the handoff with the approved transportation partner.
Load Lock · Pickup authorization · Shipment details
Track the shipment from pickup through delivery and review exceptions, including signals of unauthorized re-brokering or changes in the planned movement. Communicate issues that put the shipment at risk.
Descartes MacroPoint · Tracking · Exception review
For high-value and theft-target freight, define enhanced verification, check-call expectations, route and stop requirements, and escalation paths around the commodity, lane, and declared value.
Shipment-specific controls · Escalation plan
After pickup / Through delivery
Carrier status can change after booking. A shipment can move away from the plan. Tracking, status review, and exception communication keep the responsibility connected through delivery.
Follow an illustrative Forza shipment ↗The intelligence behind the checks
Forza brings together carrier intelligence, identity verification, shipment visibility, and the federal record. Each source contributes to the review; no single lookup tells the whole story.
Carrier intelligence
Network and operating information to help assess where and how a carrier runs.
Identity & pickup security
Carrier identity, Load Lock, and Know Your Driver support checks from tender to pickup.
Carrier due diligence
Carrier records, safety and authority information, and reported concerns.
Shipment visibility
Location information and shipment tracking to support exception review.
Identity intelligence
Identity and behavioral signals to support fraud screening.
The federal record
Operating authority, safety information, and carrier status as a foundation for review.
Before you book
Forza Shield is Forza Logistics Group’s carrier verification and freight-security protocol. It connects carrier intelligence, authority and insurance review, identity and equipment checks, fraud screening, pickup security, and shipment visibility.
Carrier verification is part of the process before dispatch. The depth of review and enhanced shipment protections depend on the commodity, declared value, lane, and theft exposure. Our team can explain the controls planned for your freight before tender.
Yes. Forza arranges both. High-value cargo calls for controls matched to declared value and theft exposure. Refrigerated freight also requires equipment qualifications and clear temperature, operating, and receiver instructions. Explore high-value freight or refrigerated freight.
Start with the origin, destination, commodity, declared cargo value, equipment needs, and pickup window. Include any temperature instructions, pickup restrictions, or receiver requirements so we can discuss the shipment’s specific needs.
No verification process can eliminate every risk. Forza Shield helps reduce exposure through connected checks, shipment-specific controls, and ongoing oversight. It is a security protocol, not an insurance policy or a guarantee against loss.
Your product. Your customer. Your reputation.
Tell us what you’re shipping, where it’s going, and what needs extra attention. We’ll start with the requirements behind the move.
One shipment or a recurring lane. Let’s talk.
PROTECTING LEGITIMATE CARRIERS
Forza alerted two legitimate carriers after law enforcement discovered counterfeit placards being manufactured to impersonate their companies. In a separate incident, we notified a carrier that its phone and email communications had been compromised.
By bringing the fraud to their attention, we helped those carriers respond to the misuse of their identities and limit further risk to their businesses and reputations.
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