JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSTR), a safety-first non-asset-based provider of transportation capacity and logistics services, announced today its participation in the Longbow Research Transportation and Logistics Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Landstar's President and CEO Henry Gerkens and Vice President and CFO Jim Gattoni will present an overview of the Company, including its variable cost non-asset-based business model, and provide an update with respect to the current level of business activity.

Landstar's presentation will be broadcast live via the Internet at http://www.shareholder.com/long/MediaRegister.cfm?MediaID=36663 and it will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 14th. For more information about the presentation or webcast, please contact Landstar'sInvestor Relations Department at 904-390-1530 or email staylor@landstar.com.

About Landstar:

Landstar System, Inc. delivers safe, specialized transportation and logistics services to a broad range of customers worldwide. The Company identifies and fulfills shippers' needs through the coordination of individual businesses comprised of independent sales agents and third-party transportation and logistics capacity providers. Through its

operating subsidiaries, Landstar delivers excellence in complete transportation logistics services and solutions. All Landstar operating companies are certified to ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standards. Landstar System, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Its common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) under the symbol LSTR.

SOURCE Landstar System, Inc.

CONTACT: Jim Gattoni of Landstar System, Inc., +1-904-398-9400

Web Site: http://www.landstar.com
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