How CargoVault works
A B2B cargo marketplace in development with planned bidding and escrow — from sign-up to settlement in five steps.
- STEP 1
Register and verify your company
Sign up with your business email and company details for manual review. Verified companies will be contacted when transactions open.
- STEP 2
Planned: list cargo or browse auctions
The planned marketplace lets sellers prepare lots with photos, documents and a reserve price. When launched, buyers will be able to browse by category, port and price.
- STEP 3
Planned: bidding and private deals
When launched, the platform is designed to support auction bids and invitations to private bilateral negotiations. Prototype actions are simulated and not legally binding trades.
- STEP 4
Planned: escrow on agreement
The planned payment flow will support escrow before shipment, subject to the completed legal and payment arrangements. No funds are transferred in the prototype.
- STEP 5
Planned: delivery confirmation and release
The planned deal flow includes delivery confirmation, escrow release and counterparty feedback. Payments are not currently processed.
Documents: integrity and authenticity
Integrity — automatic, applies to everything
Every document is fingerprinted with SHA-256 at upload. Any alteration afterwards is detected. Access is recorded in an immutable log: who opened it, when, and from where. Documents can be released to the other party at a defined stage of the transaction rather than all at once.
Authenticity — separate, and not automatic
The seller can identify who issued each certificate — the chamber of commerce, inspection service or certification body — with the certificate number and dates. That is what makes a document checkable: with a named issuer and a number, it can be confirmed at source. Verification against the issuer is planned as a separately priced service.
A fingerprint proves a document has not been altered. It does not prove the document was genuine to begin with. Those are different questions, and we answer them separately.
Where a seller does not supply issuer details, the lot states explicitly that authenticity cannot be verified — it is never left as a blank field.