Landstar Recognized for Strategic Deployment of
                        Mobile and Wireless Technology

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSTR), a safety-first non-asset based provider of transportation capacity, announced today that it has been recognized by IDG's Computerworld as a 2005 recipient of Computerworld's "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Award.

Landstar earned its award in the category of "Transforming the Brick and Mortar of the Enterprise." This category recognizes IT providers for opening new areas of profitability and performance by transcending the "brick and mortar" limitations of their companies. Landstar was honored for its continued success in providing its third-party business capacity providers and independent sales agents with mobile, wireless access to critical information on multiple platforms including cell phones, PDAs and laptops.

"At Landstar, we understand that implementing forward-looking strategies requires the implementation of forward-looking technology," said Landstar Vice President and CIO Larry Thomas. "We develop wireless, mobile business solutions so our third-party constituents can use them to make the best decisions for their businesses and deliver premium transportation and logistics service to shippers everywhere. We are proud to be recognized by Computerworld for our contribution to the development of wireless and mobile information technology."

Nominees were evaluated by a panel of mobile and wireless experts, industry editors and IT business analysts in each award category based on their mobile and wireless achievements and were measured against criteria such as return on investment, strategic/substantive importance to the business, customer impact, positive impact on other business/organization units and ability to address challenges of data, information and application security, recovery and business continuity.

"Our 'Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless' Award recipients have risen to the challenges inherent in mobile and wireless technology to deliver strategic value across their organizations and demonstrate the promise of mobile and wireless solutions," said Ron Milton, executive vice president at Computerworld.

The complete list of "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Award Program recipients can be found online at http://www.mwwusa.com/best_practices.html .

About Landstar

Landstar System, Inc. delivers safe, specialized transportation services to a broad range of customers. The company identifies and fulfills shippers' needs through the coordination of individual businesses comprised of independent sales agents and third-party transportation capacity providers. Landstar's carrier group, which is comprised of Landstar Gemini, Inc., Landstar Inway, Inc., Landstar Ligon, Inc., Landstar Ranger, Inc. and Landstar Carrier Services, Inc., delivers excellence in complete over-the-road transportation services. Landstar's multimodal group, which is comprised of Landstar Express America, Inc. and Landstar Logistics, Inc., provides expedited, contract logistics and intermodal transportation services. All Landstar operating companies are certified to ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standards. Landstar System, Inc.'s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) under the symbol LSTR.

About Computerworld

Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58- edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management, with a guaranteed rate base of 180,050, a total print audience of 1,138,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS 2004 Business Influencer Study) and an online audience of over 1.1 million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com .

SOURCE Landstar System, Inc.

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