UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                 FORM 8-K
                              CURRENT REPORT
                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

             Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                              March 16, 2006

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                         WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     NEBRASKA                         0-14690                    47-0648386
(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File           (IRS Employer
incorporation)                          Number)         Identification No.)


14507 FRONTIER ROAD
POST OFFICE BOX 45308
OMAHA, NEBRASKA                                                       68145
(Address of principal                                            (Zip Code)
executive offices)

    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (402) 895-6640


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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

      On  March  16,  2006,  APX  Logistics, Inc.,  a  customer  of  Werner
Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), filed for bankruptcy protection  in  the
state  of California under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code.   As  of
the  date  of  the bankruptcy filing, APX Logistics owed the  Company  $7.2
million  in  accounts receivable for freight shipments.   Werner  suspended
freight  shipments  with  APX  Logistics effective  March  15,  2006.   APX
Logistics and its predecessor companies have been customers of the  Company
since 1989.



                                SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,
the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its  behalf  by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.


Date:      March 16, 2006               By:  /s/ John J. Steele
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                                             John J. Steele
                                             Executive Vice President,
                                              Treasurer and Chief
                                              Financial Officer


Date:      March 16, 2006               By:  /s/ James L. Johnson
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                                             James L. Johnson
                                             Senior Vice President,
                                              Controller and Corporate
                                              Secretary