History

Bulk Carriers (P.E.I.) Limited was founded in 1973 by its current president/owner, Jack Kelly. To this day, we remain a family business with Jack and his two sons filling key positions within the company. In the beginning, Bulk Carriers was a one truck operation focusing its resources on the hauling of bulk petroleum throughout Prince Edward Island for Gulf Canada. From there, the company expanded into the hauling of liquid asphalt.

During the 1990’s, the asphalt tanker business was growing while the light petroleum business was slipping away due to changes in the oil industry. As a result, we realized that a new direction was required. Along with shifting our product focus, we knew that the new direction had to also be one that allowed us to control our day-to-day operations, unlike the asphalt business, which was seasonal, dependent on weather, and reactive to demand for equipment.

By the late 1990’s, we had diversified into long haul refrigerated transport, and we have concentrated on this market ever since. Operations have expanded steadily since 2000. Currently, the company has a large number of trucks and trailers, and our dispatch/office staff continually grows in order to manage our increasing sales volume.