Registration No. ____________


                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  Washington, D.C. 20549
                                      ______________

                                         FORM S-8
                                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                             Under the Securities Act of 1933
                                      _______________

                               KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        Delaware                         64-0412551
                 (State or other juris-               (I.R.S. Employer
                diction of incorporation               Identification
                    or organization)                        No.)

                     3475 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)
                                      _______________

                   KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                 (Full title of the plan)

                              STEVEN K. BEVILAQUA, PRESIDENT
                               KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
                                    3475 Lakeland Drive
                                Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                                      (601) 939-2545
                     (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
                    number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                        Copies to:
                                   WES DAUGHDRILL, ESQ.
                        Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.
                                2000 Deposit Guaranty Plaza
                                   Post Office Box 23059
                             Jackson, Mississippi  39225-3059


Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  
September 11, 1997.

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                              CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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<S>                  <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>         
     Title of       Amount to be   Proposed        Proposed      Amount of
 Securities to be    Registered    Maximum         Maximum       Registration
    Registered                     Offering Price  Aggregate        Fee
                                    Per Unit       Offering Price
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                                                                                
Common Stock
  $1 Par Value     5,835(1)        $  11.25(3)     $65,643.75   $ 19.89
  
Common Stock
  $1 Par Value     7,000(1)        $  10.00(3)     $70,000.00   $ 21.21

Common Stock
  $1 Par Value    20,618(1)        $  11.75(3)    $242,261.50   $ 73.41

Common Stock
  $1 Par Value   166,547(2)        $  12.00(4)   $1,998,564.00  $605.63
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   TOTALS         200,000              N/A       $2,376,469.30  $720.14
______________________________________________________________________________

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(1)    Shares subject to outstanding options granted under the Registrant's 
       1996 Stock Option Plan.

(2)    Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of options which may be 
       granted in the future under the Registrant's 1996 Stock Option Plan.

(3)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price 
       is based upon the price at which the options may be exercised.

(4)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c), the maximum offering 
       price is based on the closing price of the Registrant's Common Stock 
       as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System on September 8, 1997.


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                               KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                                   Cross Reference Sheet
                         Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K


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Item Number and Caption               Caption or Location in Prospectus
-----------------------               ---------------------------------


1(a)  General Plan Information       Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                     Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     General, Administration, Amendment
                                     and Discontinuance of Plan; Adjustment
                                     of Shares

1(b)  Securities to be Offered       Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                     Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     General, Outstanding Stock Options;
                                     Unissued Stock Options

1(c)  Employees Who May Participate  Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      in the Plan                    Administration


1(d)  Purchase of Securities         Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      Pursuant to the Plan and       General, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
      Payment for Securities         Stock Options, Terms of Grant and
      Offered                        Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights


1(e)  Resale Restrictions            Description of the Stock Option Plan-
                                     Restrictions on Resale

1(f)  Tax Effects of Plan            Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      Participation                  General, Federal Income Tax Effects

1(g) Investment of Funds             Not Applicable


1(h) Withdrawal from the Plan;       Description of the Stock Option Plan--
     Assignment of Interest          Terms of Grant and Exercise of Stock
                                     Options, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
                                     Stock Appreciation Rights, Assignment
                                     of Interest


1(i) Forfeitures and Penalties       Description of the Stock Option Plan -
                                     Terms of Grant and Exercise of Stock
                                     Options, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
                                     Stock Appreciation Rights

1(j)                                 Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     Assignment of Interest, Expenses

2.  Registrant Information and       Additional Information
    Employee Plan Annual
    Information

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                                          PART II

                      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

       The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

       (a)    The Annual Report on Form 10-K (including consolidated financial
statements together with the reports of independent auditors thereon) for the 
year ended January 3, 1997, filed by KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the 
"Company") pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, File No. 0-14759.    

       (b)    All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since January 3, 1997.

       (c)    The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement, filed by the Company on July 2, 1986, pursuant to 
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registration No. 33-5881.  

       (d)    All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan, 
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates 
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities 
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in 
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.  

Item 4.       Description of Securities  Not applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

       James Leon Young, who is a director and the Secretary of the Company, 
is a shareholder and officer of the Jackson, Mississippi, law firm of Young, 
Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A., counsel to the Company.  Young, Williams, 
Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. is providing a legal opinion in connection with 
this Registration Statement.

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers

       Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is or is threatened 
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or 
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other 
than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact 
that he is or was a director, employee or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, 
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses 
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement 
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit 
or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, 
and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to 
believe his conduct was unlawful.  

       Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any  
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any 
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the 
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such 
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably 
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action 
or suit if he acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification 
may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person 
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to 
the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability 
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses 
which the court shall deem proper.  

       Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer 
of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or 
proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the 
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against 
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him 
in connection therewith; that indemnification provided by Section 145 shall 
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party
may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain 
insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any 
liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or 
arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have 
the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145.  

       Article Eight of the Company's Bylaws provides for indemnification of 
the Company's officers and directors to the extent authorized by the General 
Corporation Law of Delaware. The provisions of Delaware law may be sufficiently 
broad to permit indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933.  

       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons 
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, 
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification 
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by 
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities 
being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the 
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it 
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the 
final adjudication of such issue.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed  Not applicable.

Item 8.       Exhibits

4.1   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
      reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
      ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

4.2   The Company's Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
      (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on December 4, 1992
      (Registration No. 33-14545))

4.3   The Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference from the
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1997
      (File No. 0-14759)).

5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.

23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. (included in 
      Exhibit 5)

23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP


Item 9.       Undertakings

       (a)    The Company hereby undertakes:

          (1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
           made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
       
                 (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) 
                of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
                after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or 
                the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, 
                individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                change in the information set forth in this Registration 
                Statement;

                (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the 
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this 
               Registration Statement or any material change to such 
               information in this Registration Statement.

       Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do 
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective 
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the 
Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

      (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to 
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered 
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to 
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

       (b)    The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining 
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's 
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit 
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the 
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time 
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

       (c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling 
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, 
the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for 
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling 
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or 
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in 
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling 
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether 
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act 
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 

                                        SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Flowood, State of Mississippi, on 
September 10, 1997.

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                              KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.


                              By: s/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                   Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                   President, Chief Executive Officer
                                   and Director

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       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the 
capacities and on the date indicated.  

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<S>                                <C>
Date:  September 10, 1997           s/Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                                      Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                                      Chairman of the Board of Directors


Date:  September 10, 1997           s/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                      Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                      President, Chief Executive
                                      Officer and Director



Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ James Leon Young
                                       James Leon Young
                                       Secretary and Director


Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Walter P. Neely
                                       Walter P. Neely
                                       Director


Date:  _____________                ___________________
                                       Leland R. Speed
                                       Director


Date:  _____________                ____________________
                                       C. Tom Clowe, Jr.
                                       Director


Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Steven L. Dutro
                                       Steven L. Dutro
                                       Vice President-Finance and Acting
                                       Chief Financial Officer


Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Daniel M. Thomas
                                       Daniel M. Thomas
                                       Corporate Controller

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  <PAGE>
                                       EXHIBIT INDEX

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4.1   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated
      by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      year ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

4.2   The Company's Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of
      Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective
      Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
      December 4, 1992 (Registration No. 33-14545))

4.3   The Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
      from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
      January 3, 1997 (File No. 0-14759)).

5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.

23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. (included in
      Exhibit 5)

23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

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Registration No. ____________

                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  Washington, D.C. 20549
                                      ______________

                                         FORM S-8
                                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                             Under the Securities Act of 1933
                                      _______________

                               KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        Delaware                         64-0412551
                 (State or other juris-               (I.R.S. Employer
                diction of incorporation               Identification
                    or organization)                        No.)

                     3475 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)
                                      _______________

                   KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                 (Full title of the plan)

                              STEVEN K. BEVILAQUA, PRESIDENT
                               KLLM Transport Services, Inc.
                                    3475 Lakeland Drive
                                Jackson, Mississippi  39208
                                      (601) 939-2545
                     (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
                    number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                        Copies to:
                                   WES DAUGHDRILL, ESQ.
                        Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.
                                2000 Deposit Guaranty Plaza
                                   Post Office Box 23059
                             Jackson, Mississippi  39225-3059

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  
September 11, 1997.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of       Amount to be   Proposed        Proposed      Amount of
 Securities to be    Registered    Maximum         Maximum       Registration
    Registered                     Offering Price  Aggregate        Fee
                                    Per Unit       Offering Price
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                                                                                
Common Stock
  $1 Par Value     5,835(1)        $  11.25(3)     $65,643.75   $ 19.89
  
Common Stock
  $1 Par Value     7,000(1)        $  10.00(3)     $70,000.00   $ 21.21

Common Stock
  $1 Par Value    20,618(1)        $  11.75(3)    $242,261.50   $ 73.41

Common Stock
  $1 Par Value   166,547(2)        $  12.00(4)   $1,998,564.00  $605.63
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   TOTALS         200,000              N/A       $2,376,469.30  $720.14
______________________________________________________________________________
(1)    Shares subject to outstanding options granted under the Registrant's 
       1996 Stock Option Plan.

(2)    Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of options which may be 
       granted in the future under the Registrant's 1996 Stock Option Plan.

(3)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price 
       is based upon the price at which the options may be exercised.

(4)    Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c), the maximum offering 
       price is based on the closing price of the Registrant's Common Stock 
       as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System on September 8, 1997.
KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                                   Cross Reference Sheet
                         Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K
Item Number and Caption               Caption or Location in Prospectus
-----------------------               ---------------------------------

1(a)  General Plan Information       Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                     Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     General, Administration, Amendment
                                     and Discontinuance of Plan; Adjustment
                                     of Shares

1(b)  Securities to be Offered       Outside Front Cover of Prospectus;
                                     Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     General, Outstanding Stock Options;
                                     Unissued Stock Options

1(c)  Employees Who May Participate  Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      in the Plan                    Administration

1(d)  Purchase of Securities         Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      Pursuant to the Plan and       General, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
      Payment for Securities         Stock Options, Terms of Grant and
      Offered                        Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights

1(e)  Resale Restrictions            Description of the Stock Option Plan-
                                     Restrictions on Resale

1(f)  Tax Effects of Plan            Description of the Stock Option Plan--
      Participation                  General, Federal Income Tax Effects

1(g) Investment of Funds             Not Applicable

1(h) Withdrawal from the Plan;       Description of the Stock Option Plan--
     Assignment of Interest          Terms of Grant and Exercise of Stock
                                     Options, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
                                     Stock Appreciation Rights, Assignment
                                     of Interest

1(i) Forfeitures and Penalties       Description of the Stock Option Plan -
                                     Terms of Grant and Exercise of Stock
                                     Options, Terms of Grant and Exercise of
                                     Stock Appreciation Rights

1(j)                                 Description of the Stock Option Plan--
                                     Assignment of Interest, Expenses

2.  Registrant Information and       Additional Information
    Employee Plan Annual
    Information
PART II

                      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.       Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

       The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

       (a)    The Annual Report on Form 10-K (including consolidated financial
statements together with the reports of independent auditors thereon) for the 
year ended January 3, 1997, filed by KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (the 
"Company") pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, File No. 0-14759.    

       (b)    All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since January 3, 1997.

       (c)    The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement, filed by the Company on July 2, 1986, pursuant to 
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registration No. 33-5881.  

       (d)    All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan, 
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates 
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities 
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in 
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.  

Item 4.       Description of Securities  Not applicable.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

       James Leon Young, who is a director and the Secretary of the Company, 
is a shareholder and officer of the Jackson, Mississippi, law firm of Young, 
Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A., counsel to the Company.  Young, Williams, 
Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. is providing a legal opinion in connection with 
this Registration Statement.

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers

       Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is or is threatened 
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or 
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other 
than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact 
that he is or was a director, employee or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, 
employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses 
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement 
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit 
or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, 
and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to 
believe his conduct was unlawful.  

       Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any  
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any 
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the 
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such 
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably 
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action 
or suit if he acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification 
may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person 
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to 
the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability 
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses 
which the court shall deem proper.  

       Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer 
of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or 
proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 or in the 
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against 
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him 
in connection therewith; that indemnification provided by Section 145 shall 
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party
may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain 
insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any 
liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or 
arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have 
the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145.  

       Article Eight of the Company's Bylaws provides for indemnification of 
the Company's officers and directors to the extent authorized by the General 
Corporation Law of Delaware. The provisions of Delaware law may be sufficiently 
broad to permit indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933.  

       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons 
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, 
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification 
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by 
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities 
being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the 
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it 
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the 
final adjudication of such issue.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed  Not applicable.

Item 8.       Exhibits

4.1   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by
      reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
      ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

4.2   The Company's Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
      (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on December 4, 1992
      (Registration No. 33-14545))

4.3   The Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference from the
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1997
      (File No. 0-14759)).

5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.

23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. (included in 
      Exhibit 5)

23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Item 9.       Undertakings

       (a)    The Company hereby undertakes:

          (1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
           made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
       
                 (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) 
                of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
                after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or 
                the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, 
                individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                change in the information set forth in this Registration 
                Statement;

                (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the 
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this 
               Registration Statement or any material change to such 
               information in this Registration Statement.

       Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do 
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective 
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the 
Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

      (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to 
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered 
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to 
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

       (b)    The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining 
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's 
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit 
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the 
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time 
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

       (c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling 
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, 
the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for 
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling 
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or 
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in 
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling 
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether 
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act 
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 

                                        SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Flowood, State of Mississippi, on 
September 10, 1997.
KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

                              By: s/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                   Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                   President, Chief Executive Officer
                                   and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the 
capacities and on the date indicated.
Date:  September 10, 1997           s/Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                                      Benjamin C. Lee, Jr.
                                      Chairman of the Board of Directors

Date:  September 10, 1997           s/Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                      Steven K. Bevilaqua
                                      President, Chief Executive
                                      Officer and Director

Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ James Leon Young
                                       James Leon Young
                                       Secretary and Director

Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Walter P. Neely
                                       Walter P. Neely
                                       Director

Date:  _____________                ___________________
                                       Leland R. Speed
                                       Director

Date:  _____________                ____________________
                                       C. Tom Clowe, Jr.
                                       Director

Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Steven L. Dutro
                                       Steven L. Dutro
                                       Vice President-Finance and Acting
                                       Chief Financial Officer

Date:  September 10, 1997           s/ Daniel M. Thomas
                                       Daniel M. Thomas
                                       Corporate Controller
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated
      by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      year ended January 1, 1989 (File No. 0-14759))

4.2   The Company's Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of
      Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Post-Effective
      Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on
      December 4, 1992 (Registration No. 33-14545))

4.3   The Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
      from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
      January 3, 1997 (File No. 0-14759)).

5     Opinion of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A.

23.1  Consent of Young, Williams, Henderson & Fuselier, P.A. (included in
      Exhibit 5)

23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP