Landstar Earns Quest for Quality Awards from Logistics Management

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: LSTR) Landstar System, Inc., a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation logistics services, is proud to announce that Landstar has been recognized as one of the industry's leading transportation logistics providers in Logistics Management's 2016 Quest for Quality Awards Survey.

Landstar transportation services companies received 2016 Quest for Quality Awards in the following Truckload categories: Dry Freight Carriers, Expedited Motor Carriers, and Industrial and Heavy-Haul Carriers.

For more than three decades, Logistics Management has surveyed a representative sample of its readers to evaluate the transportation logistics service providers that they use. According to the publication, more than 4,725 logistics and supply chain decision-makers cast their votes for the carriers and 3PLs providing outstanding customer satisfaction and performance excellence over the past year.

"We'd like to thank our customers and Logistics Management readers for this honor and confirmation of Landstar's ability to provide service excellence, and agile, cost-effective transportation logistics solutions," said Landstar President and CEO Jim Gattoni. "We remain committed to providing our customers with safety-first transportation logistics services and customized transportation management solutions."

The six-month long research and survey process ranks transportation service providers on five key criteria: On-time Performance, Value, Information Technology, Customer Service, and Equipment & Operations.

For more information on the 33rd annual survey results, visit www.logisticsmgmt.com.

About Landstar:
Landstar System, Inc. is a worldwide asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation services to a broad range of customers utilizing a network of agents, third-party capacity providers and employees.  All Landstar transportation services companies are certified to ISO 9001:2008 quality management system standards and RC14001:2013 environmental, health, safety and security management system standards.  Landstar System, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Its common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol LSTR.

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