Landstar News & Resources

Landstar has been named by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) as a 2025 Elite Fleet certified carrier. According to the organization, Landstar and the 47 other truckload carriers in this inaugural class of Elite Fleets are each recognized as a TCA 2025 Best Place to Drive.

Good deeds paid off for Walter Jackson, a Landstar business capacity owner (BCO) who was named a Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) 2025 Professional Driver of the Year.

Donations to the Landstar BCO Benevolence Fund hit a record high in 2024. Thank you to the Landstar BCOs, agents and employees who generously contributed more than $146,200 last year to the fund, which helps independent Owner-Operators in times of hardship or emergency.

Landstar business capacity owners (BCOs) once again saved millions of dollars with the Landstar Contractors’ Advantage Purchasing Program (LCAPP) in 2024.

The donated wreaths adorned military graves for the national holiday.

Landstar BCO team, Gretchen Darmetko and Angela Surette, volunteered their time to help haul a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Thanks to their efforts, the mobile exhibit made it back home to Washington, D.C.

More than 120 Landstar Owner-Operators and invited guests attended the second annual safety meeting in Flint, Michigan, jointly hosted by half a dozen independent Landstar freight agencies and Landstar’s safety department.

BCO Stacie Simmons won a bright blue 2025 Kenworth T-680 last week at the 2024 Landstar BCO Appreciation Days event in Durant, Oklahoma. 

Every year, Landstar hosts its BCO Appreciation Days when the entire network makes an extra special effort to show business capacity owners (BCOs) just how much their dedication to safety and service excellence means to Landstar employees, agents and customers.