Landstar System reported 2010 fourth quarter net income of $24.1 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, compared to net income of$18.6 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, for the 2009 fourth quarter.
Revenue for the 2010 fourth quarter was $587.5 million compared to $547.7 million in the 2009 fourth quarter.

Truck transportation revenue hauled by independent business capacity owners ("BCOs") and truck brokerage carriers in the 2010 fourth quarter was $537.6 million, or 91 percent of revenue, compared to$498.4 million, or 91 percent of revenue, in the 2009 fourth quarter. In the 2010 and 2009 fourth quarters, the company invoiced customers $51.1 million and $40.7 million, respectively, of fuel surcharges that were passed 100 percent to BCOs and excluded from revenue. Revenue hauled by rail, air and ocean cargo carriers was $36.7 million, or 6 percent of revenue, in the 2010 fourth quarter compared to $35.0 million, or 6 percent of revenue, in the 2009 fourth quarter. Transportation management fee revenue generated by the supply chain solutions companies was $4.4 million, or 1 percent of revenue, in both the 2010 and 2009 fourth quarters.

Operating income and diluted earnings per share in the 2010 fourth quarter increased 30 percent and 35 percent, respectively, over the 2009 fourth quarter. Gross profit, defined as revenue less the cost of purchased transportation and commissions to agents, in the fourth quarter increased 8 percent over the 2009 fourth quarter.

As anticipated, revenue in the 2010 fourth quarter compared to revenue in the 2009 fourth quarter was negatively impacted by a significant decrease in the number of loads hauled under the company's less-than-truckload substitute line haul service offering. Revenue under the less-than-truckload substitute line haul service offering decreased to 4 percent of revenue in the 2010 fourth quarter compared to 13 percent of revenue in the 2009 fourth quarter.

Excluding the impact of the revenue decline in this service offering, the total number of truck transportation loads hauled in the 2010 fourth quarter increased 8 percent over the 2009 fourth quarter and revenue per load for truck transportation for the fourth quarter of 2010 increased 12 percent over the 2009 fourth quarter. In addition, the number of loads hauled by air and ocean carriers in the 2010 fourth quarter increased 50 percent and 31 percent, respectively, over the 2009 fourth quarter.