The nation’s biggest truck stop chain is about to get even bigger.

Some truckers who haul for the Department of Defense are raising objections to a billing plan that could force them to give up from 1% to 2% of freight charges in order to get paid.

File PhotoFederal Express Corp. is set to launch its expanded freight delivery services March 15. The express carrier, based in Memphis, Tenn., will guarantee one- to three-day delivery of shipments weighing up to 2,200 pounds to U.S. destinations using a network of air and ground terminals.

A House subcommittee has issued a report calling for more federal oversight of the Teamsters union to prevent further abuse of power and financial mismanagement by union leaders.

Buoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998.

Most small fleet owners face an agonizing decision: go it alone or sell out. Some are forced to consider a third option: get out of the business.

United Road Services, Albany, N.Y., has purchased three auto haulers and a towing company, and agreed to buy two other businesses, adding to its expanding network of towing, recovery and transport companies.

DHL Airways of Redwood City, Calif., is joining with the U.S. Postal Service to provide guaranteed two-day delivery service from 11 U.S. cities to western Europe.

USF Logistics said it has acquired Processors Unlimited Co., a company that handles product returns and other reverse logistics services to the grocery and drug industry.

The Canam Manac Group of Boucherville, Quebec, has agreed to sell its truck trailer manufacturing division to Great Dane L.P. for $87.5 million.