Landstar System, Inc. is a transportation services company specializing in logistics

Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

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History

The company headquarters

Headquarters

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 are in Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

. Landstar has been in business since 1988. Landstar currently offers scholarships and has a nonprofit "benevolence fund" to assist Landstar operators.

Business Model

Landstar includes nearly 9,000 owner operators in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The BCO's(Business Capacity Operators) are not forced dispatch

Dispatch

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like traditional trucking companies. Rather, they can choose their own loads. Landstar Agents find freight loads direct from shippers.

Industry Awards

* InformationWeek - 2010 InformationWeek 500 Most Innovative IT Users (12th consecutive year)
* Inbound Logistics - Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards, 2010 (8th)
* Inbound Logistics - Top 100 3PL Providers, 2010
* Inbound Logistics - 2010 Top 100 Motor Freight Carriers
* Transport Topics – 2010 Top 50 Logistics Companies
* Transport Topics – 2010 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers (11th)
* Transport Topics – 2010 Flatbed/Heavy Specialized (1st)
* Transport Topics – 2010 Truckload (5th)
* Transport Topics – 2010 Intermodal/Drayage (11th)
* Logistics Management - Top 50 Global 3PLs (47th)
* Logistics Management - Top 30 domestics 3PLs (22nd)
* Logistics Management - 2010 Quest for Quality Award, Dry Freight Carrier
* Logistics Management - 2010 Quest for Quality Award, Industrial/Heavy Haul Carrier
* Logistics Management - 2010 Quest for Quality Award, Expedited Motor Carrier
* Logistics Management - 2010 Quest for Quality Award, Intermodal Marketing
* Fortune - 2010 America’s Most Admired Companies (7th consecutive year)
* Food Logistics - Top 85 3PLs
* SC&RA o 2010 Transportation Group Over 50 Million Miles Fleet Safety Award
o 2010 Transportation Group Safety Improvements Award
* InformationWeek - 2009 InformationWeek 500 Most Innovative IT Users (11th consecutive year)
* NYK Logistics (Americas) - 2009 National Carrier of the Year (2nd consecutive year)
* International Cranes & Specialized Transport – 2009 Transport 50 listing of the World’s Largest Specialized Transport Companies
* Inbound Logistics - Top10 of the Top 100 3PL Providers, 2009
* Inbound Logistics – 2009 Top 100 Motor Carriers
* Transport Topics - 2009 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers (13th)
* Transport Topics – 2009 Truckload (5th)
* Transport Topics – 2009 Contract Logistics (10th)
* Transport Topics – 2009 Intermodal (10th)
* Eastman Chemical Company - 2009 Excellence Award
* Logistics Management - 2009 Quest for Quality Award, Dry Freight Carrier
* Logistics Management - 2009 Quest for Quality Award, Expedited Carrier
* Logistics Management - 2009 Quest for Quality Award, Intermodal Marketing
* Logistics Management - 2009 Quest for Quality Award, 3PL Provider
* Logistics Management - 2009 Quest for Quality Award, Industrial/Heavy Haul Carrier
* Fortune - 2009 America’s Most Admired Companies (6th consecutive year)
* FedEx SCS Carrier of the Year (3rd consecutive year)
* NYK Logistics(Americas) - 2008 National Carrier of the Year
* American Cranes & Transport - Ranked #1 in the 2008 ACTtransport50 listings
* Volvo Logistics North America - 2008 Silver Medal Award
* Rheem Water Heating - 2008 Carrier of the Year
* Forbes - 2008 Platinum 400 Best Big Companies in America (9th consecutive year)
* Florida Trucking Association
o 1st Place – 500K-1MM Safety Award – Landstar Express America
o 1st Place - 1-5MM Safety Award - Landstar Gemini
o 1-5MM Safety Award - Landstar Inway
o 3rd Place - 1-5MM Safety Award - Landstar Ligon
o 3rd Place - 5MM+ Safety Award - Landstar Ranger
Overall Performance - President’s Award - Landstar Ranger