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Smartphone Apps Provide a Valuable Tool in the Bulk Truck Freight Industry

(September 19, 2012)

Nixa, MO (PRWEB) September 18, 2012

BulkLoadsNow.com, a fast-growing bulk freight matching site, has reached almost 400 hundred users on its smart phone app in only 6 weeks.

We have always tried to be innovative with the features we provide our customers, Matt Fredin, Operating Partner said. With the app, we are providing the same features in an easier and faster type of communication. And we are excited to add more features to it in the future.

Smart phone apps are a growing trend in the transportation industry and ours is specific to bulk freight for the ag sector. Bulk Loads Now rst launched its highly smart phone apps for both iphone and Android users in late July 2012. The app can be used on iPhone and Android.

We knew that our current users needed this to help them do business on the road without the need of a computer. With over 25 percent of truckers using smartphone apps to do business we knew there was a demand for an app in the bulk industry, said Jared Flinn, Operating Partnerat Bulk Loads Now. The amount of posts to our forum from the smart phone clearly shows how popular our app is.

Bulk Loads Now load board averages 10 new smart phone users daily. The app, much like the website, provides carriers the ability to post their truck, read forums, nd washouts, and DOT scales for free. Premium members can nd loads from their current location, search loads by origin or by destination.

About BulkLoadsNow.com

BulkLoadsNow.com is an online community of professionals in North Americans bulk freight industry. Our shipper members are transportation logistics managers of grain, fertilizer, aggregates, feed ingredients and all agriculture commodities. Our carrier members pull hopper bottoms, walking oors, end dumps, belts, live oors, pneumatics and liquid tanker trailers. We provide to our members the industrys most innovative bulk freight solutions including an enhanced load board, database of all carriers in North America, instant communication tools, industry forums and news updates, and much more.

Contact:
Jared Flinn
Jared(at)BulkLoadsNow(dot)com
http://www.BulkLoadsNow.com
800-518-9240 Ext. 2

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