Landstar News & Resources

The Landstar BCO Benevolence Fund made a meaningful difference in 2025, providing $125,000 in financial assistance to 37 independent owner-operators and their families during times of unexpected need.

At RBC Freight in Sulphur Springs, Texas, love is just regular business. Read more about how husband and wife team, Gabriela Sandoval and Omar Castillo, took the next step in their Landstar business (and relationship).

Landstar would like to thank our 2025 sponsors, whose contributions helped to enhance our two main events for our independent agents and business capacity owners!

Applications to the Landstar Scholarship Fund for the 2026-2027 academic school year are now available. The deadline to apply is March 2, 2026. Download the application here.

At Landstar, we’ve built our Mutual Understanding of Safety Together (M.U.S.T.) program to ensure that safety isn’t a “one size fits all” solution. Instead, it’s a collaborative effort tailored to each customer’s unique needs.

Students were awarded scholarships from Landstar and the Truckload Carriers Association for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Landstar announced the winners of two annual safety awards at its 2025 Agent Convention in April. The awards were the Landstar Safety Officer (LSO) of the Year and the Mutual Understanding of Safety Together (M.U.S.T.) Customer of the Year.

Pursuing a college degree is a little easier for 15 Landstar Scholarship Fund recipients. Names of the recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year were revealed in April at Landstar’s annual Agent Convention.

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.