RYDER EXPANDS ITS ASIA-PACIFIC PRESENCE IN THAILAND

BANGKOK, June 20, 2006 – Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a U.S.-based global leader in supply chain, warehousing and transportation management solutions, today officially announced the expansion of its Asia-Pacific presence into Thailand during a reception at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok.

Ryder has established a legal entity in Thailand as part of the Company’s ongoing plan to support growing market needs for integrated logistics services throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Region headquarters based in Singapore was established in 2000.

“This announcement demonstrates our increasing commitment to operating in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Ryder President of International Operations Bobby Griffin.  “We are confident that under the leadership of our Vice President and Managing Director of Asia, K.S. Choong, Thailand will become an important component of our overall strategy to serve growing customer demand in the region.”

Mr. Tom Jones, Senior Vice President responsible for global automotive logistics business added “Ryder is the world leader in Automotive logistics providing services to General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Toyota and Nissan to name but a few. These companies look to Ryder to provide solutions and services wherever they manufacture. Now that Thailand is being recognized as ‘the Detroit of the East’ with the greatest concentration of automotive manufacturing in this Region, it is important for Ryder to be able to provide its corporate clients in Thailand similar services to those provided in other locations around the globe”. Based in Detroit himself, Mr. Jones, one of the world’s top Automotive Logistics experts, is in town to attend the Autologisics & SCM World Conference at which he will be a main speaker and where Ryder is a sponsor.