JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov 01, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSTR), a safety-first non-asset based provider of transportation capacity and logistics services, announced today that it is among the companies invited to participate in a hearing before the House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.

Landstar's president and CEO, Henry Gerkens, will appear before the committee as part of a panel of executives from companies that assisted in the federal response to Katrina. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.

Landstar has provided a variety of logistics and transportation services to the federal government in the wake of Katrina. "I am proud of Landstar's outstanding service in the Katrina relief effort and I look forward to discussing it with the committee," said Gerkens.

Landstar System, Inc. delivers safe, specialized transportation and logistics services to a broad range of customers world-wide. 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 Global Logistics, Inc., which is comprised of Landstar Express America, Inc. and Landstar Logistics, Inc., provides international and domestic multimodal transportation (over-the-road, ocean, air and rail), expedited, warehousing and contract logistics services. 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.

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Donna Mellion, Landstar System, +1-904-390-1457

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