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New Landstar Facility to Focus on Owner-Operators
More Than 100 Truck Parking Spaces to Be Included
has started construction on a new field operations center in Crawfordsville, Ind., the company announced Jan. 18.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based transportation services business said the facility is being built with its independent leased owner-operators in mind. The 7,000-square-foot building will include classrooms, a conference room and amenities for owner-operators leased to a motor carrier operating under its banner.
鈥淟andstar maintains facilities focused on its leased owner-operators across the United States and in Canada,鈥 said of capacity development for transportation and logistics at Landstar. 鈥淭hey serve as domicile locations and designated places for Landstar independent owner-operators to connect and network with each other, and to participate in continuous professional education to keep their businesses running smoothly.鈥
Landstar said amenities include free Wi-Fi, laundry facilities, showers and a break room. It also has truck access from the main road to a secure parking lot that has spaces for more than 100 trucks and 70 additional passenger vehicles. The location was picked to be convenient for owner-operators headed to or from Indianapolis.
Landstar ranks No. 6 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America and No. 19 on the TT Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies.
