Landstar recently gave away its 52nd truck to a deserving independent Landstar business capacity owner (BCO), the company’s term for independent owner-operators who lease to Landstar. BCO Christian Sanchez Cantù won a Landstar blue 2026 Freightliner Cascadia last week during Landstar BCO Appreciation Days held this year in Bossier City, Louisiana. Christian Sanchez Cantù from Laredo, Texas, was one of five finalists randomly selected from the contest’s pool of approximately 8,000 eligible...

Owner-Operator Remedies When John Fuller’s truck engine locked up three weeks before Landstar’s 2024 BCO All-Star Celebration, he was stressed. “My wife and I couldn’t really incur $160,000 worth of debt for a truck. Of our five children, one son is preparing for college in the next year, and another is going into high school,” recalls the Landstar Two Million Mile Safe Driver. “It was looking pretty grim. Without a...

Customer service, beyond expectations can act as a magnet for more business. It’s a force that the Shasko team at independent Landstar agency PIT in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has put into practice. While independent Landstar Agent Troy Shasko spearheads the agency, his niece Darian Shasko, the logistics coordinator for PIT agency, recently took the lead on successfully executing an expedited load for a division of a prominent health technology company. The...