Taking on the impossible, safely.   About Tracy Pellerin Tracy Pellerin is a 23-year veteran of the transportation industry with experience in both asset and non-asset logistics operations, sales and management. Tracy’s extensive experience in sales taught him to listen to his customers, seek out their transportation challenges and to be creative, tenacious and customer-focused in developing solutions for his clients. He founded Apex Freight Services in 2006 and as CEO has managed the company’s impr-ssive growth and success. About Apex Freight Services APEX Freight Services, Inc. is a full-service, third-party logistics provider headquartered in Lafayette, La., serving clients across the continental United States and Canada. At its core, the company specializes in providing creative solutions for the industry's most difficult freight challenges. In 2012, Apex was included in ABiz’s Top 50 list of the area’s privately owned companies and was ranked No. 1 Fastest Growing. Apex was also included in the Inc. Magazine 500|5000 List at No. 860 overall and No. 17 for logistics. The firm continues to grow both organically and through strategic acquisitions, like its recent purchase of Colorado’s Timberline Freight Services. Safety and Service: Setting a Higher Standard Recent record-setting legal judgments against shippers and brokers for carrier negligence have sent shockwaves through the industry. Tracy saw the importance of addressing this risk for his customers and his company, so he overhauled Apex’s carrier vetting and insurance protections. Apex now offers some of the industry’s highest levels of insurance coverage and operates with only the safest carriers – protecting not only his clients’ bottom line but also his own. As a result of his innovation and leadership on this issue, Tracy has appeared as a panelist at the 2013 Transportation Intermediaries Annual Convention in Las Vegas where he spoke about the risks associated with outsourcing and how to manage them. He has also contributed to articles for Supply Chain Digital and Material Handling and Logistics on the topic of outsourcing risk management.    

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Story Ideas § Top 10 ways to avoid

shipping risk § When should I use a

broker to manage my shipments?

§ How to protect your

balance sheet from liability risk

§ Industry trends and

what they mean for shippers, brokers and carriers