Our Story

Built by the largest bulk freight marketplace in North America

BulkTMS is a product of BulkLoads, founded in 2011 by Jared Flinn and Matt Fredin in Springfield, MO. We serve 50,000+ haulers across a $140 billion industry.

50,000+
Haulers on Platform
$140B
Industry Served
4.7
App Store Rating
2011
Founded

The bulk freight industry deserved better tools.

When Jared Flinn and Matt Fredin started BulkLoads in 2011, the bulk freight industry was stuck in the past. Shippers posted loads on bulletin boards. Carriers dispatched with spreadsheets and whiteboards. Invoicing meant three days of paperwork every week.

They built BulkLoads.com to fix the matching problem: connecting shippers with bulk carriers across the country. It worked. Within a few years, BulkLoads became the #1 load board for bulk freight in North America, serving hopper bottoms, end dumps, walking floors, pneumatics, and liquid tankers.

But matching loads was only the beginning. Carriers needed to dispatch, track, invoice, and manage their entire operation. That's why we built BulkTMS, a full transportation management system connected to the largest bulk freight marketplace, the #1-rated mobile app, and an ecosystem of services designed for this industry.

Today, BulkLoads facilitates the movement of billions of dollars in commodities every year. BulkTMS is the engine that helps carriers, fleets, and brokers manage every load from schedule to settlement. And we're just getting started.

Bulk freight driver unloading grain at elevator

What drives us

Built for Bulk

We don't do general freight. Every feature, every workflow, every metric is designed specifically for bulk commodity trucking.

Community First

From our podcast to forums to classifieds, we invest in the bulk freight community because we're part of it.

Always Improving

We ship updates constantly. New features, better OCR, faster processing, smarter AI. Your TMS gets better every month.

Our journey

2011

BulkLoads Founded

Jared Flinn and Matt Fredin launch BulkLoads.com to connect bulk freight shippers with carriers.

2014

National Expansion

BulkLoads grows to serve thousands of haulers across the U.S. CHS Inc becomes an early adopter.

2019

$90B+ in Commodities

The platform facilitates movement of nearly $90 billion in bulk commodities across North America.

2020

Barchart Partnership

Exclusive integration of BulkTMS into cmdtyView Pro, connecting TMS with commodity trading platforms.

2021

$9B+ Commodities Moved

BulkLoads ecosystem facilitates movement of over $9 billion in bulk commodities in a single year.

2025

Greenstone Partnership

AgTMS partnership with Greenstone Systems for AGRIS & oneWeigh grain logistics ERP integration.

2026

AI Co-Pilot Launch

Bandit AI co-pilot brings natural language commands to bulk freight dispatching and analytics.

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