🚫 Block unvetted carriers from being assigned to loads

Keep unapproved carriers off your loads — automatically.

You can now stop carriers from being assigned to a load until they're properly vetted. When you document a carrier or add a carrier quote, that carrier is recorded as pending — not yet onboarded. Previously, assigning a pending carrier only triggered a warning you could click past. Now you can turn that warning into a hard block.

What's new

A new company setting lets you choose exactly which carrier statuses are blocked from being assigned to a load. Pick any combination of:

• Pending
• Do Not Load
• Expired Insurance
• Interested
• Invited
• Packet Sent

Once configured, carriers in those statuses simply can't be assigned — no override, no accidental rate con to the wrong carrier. Only carriers you've approved make it onto a load.

Why it matters

Brokers have told us they avoid documenting carriers in Alvys because of the risk of a bad carrier accidentally ending up on a live load. Now you can document and quote carriers freely, knowing the system won't let an unvetted one be dispatched. It's a guardrail that lets you use carrier quotes as the powerful brokering tool they're meant to be.

Good to know

• You're in control. This is off by default. Turn it on and choose your blocked statuses in company settings whenever you're ready.
• Live loads aren't disrupted. If a carrier's status changes after they're already assigned and moving (for example, insurance lapses mid-transit), your dispatchers can still edit that load. They'll see a warning rather than being locked out — so tracking and updates keep flowing.
• Works across your workflow. The block applies when assigning or changing a carrier on a load and during bulk import.

Want this enabled for your team? Reach out to your Admin and have them update Settings!