MIAMI, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a global leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced that Ryder Brazil was honored with the AutoData Award as the "Best Logistics Provider in the Automotive Industry" by AutoData magazine, one of the most influential Latin American publications dedicated to the automotive industry.

"We are honored by this prestigious award, especially with the input of so many of our clients," said Antonio Wrobleski Filho, Managing Director for Ryder Brazil. "This award further strengthens our commitment to provide outstanding customer service while continually improving the quality of our solutions to positively impact our customers' logistics operations throughout Brazil."

The selection process for the award involves the close review by the AutoData editorial board of case studies published during the previous twelve months in each of 16 categories. The best four cases in each category are selected taking into account those operations that contributed most to the Brazilian automotive industry. Magazine readers choose the final winner for each category.

                              About Ryder Brazil

Ryder Brazil is a division of Ryder System, Inc., a Fortune 500 company providing leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Ryder Brazil provides transportation, warehousing and distribution solutions to customers in the automotive, high-tech, and consumer and industrial products industries. Ryder's stock (NYSE: R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information about Ryder System, Inc., visit http://www.ryder.com .

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements and information included in this presentation are "forward-looking statements" under the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties inherent in our business that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, among others, our ability to obtain adequate profit margins for our services, our inability to maintain current pricing levels due to customer acceptance or competition, customer retention levels, unexpected volume declines, loss of key customers in the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business segment, unexpected reserves or write-offs due to the deterioration of the credit worthiness or bankruptcy of certain customers in our SCS business segment, the possibility that changes in customers' business environments will limit their ability to commit to long-term vehicle leases, changes in market conditions affecting the commercial rental market or the sale of used vehicles, increased competition from vehicle manufacturers and large service providers, higher borrowing costs and possible decreases in available funding sources caused by adverse changes in debt ratings, changes in accounting assumptions, adequacy of accounting accruals, changes in general economic conditions, unexpected reserves or losses due to the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on our operations and the economy, increases in fuel prices, availability of qualified drivers, our ability to manage our cost structure and changes in government regulations, including regulations regarding vehicle emissions. The risks included here are not exhaustive. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks on our business. Accordingly, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

SOURCE Ryder System, Inc.

CONTACT:
Edward Rifenburg, 1-305-500-4161, or Edward_Rifenburg@Ryder.com,
or Lisa Brumfield, 1-305-500-3668, or Lisa_Brumfield@Ryder.com,
both of Ryder Systems, Inc.

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