EXHIBIT 32.1

            CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
               PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
         (SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)


       In   connection  with  the  Quarterly  Report  of   Werner
Enterprises,  Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q  for  the  period
ending  March 31, 2006, (the "Report") filed with the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission, I, Clarence L.  Werner,  Chairman  and
Chief  Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to  18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906  of  the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

     1.   The  Report  fully  complies  with  the requirements of
          section  13(a) or 15(d) of  the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934; and

     2.   The  information   contained  in   the   Report  fairly
          presents,  in  all  material  respects,  the  financial
          condition and results of operations of the Company.



May 1, 2006                        /s/ Clarence L. Werner
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                                   Clarence L. Werner
                                   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer