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

Some critics of toll financing have predicted grave consequences if state and local governments rely on tolls to any greater degree to provide road capacity — the critical highways that commercial trucking companies and passenger car drivers need to remain mobile.

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.

Danzas shareholders approved the $1.1 billion sale of their company to the German post office, Deutsche Post, creating one of the world’s largest freight transportation groups.

PARIS — Volvo AB has broken off negotiations to acquire its Swedish rival, Scania.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

Top North American railroads are determined to break trucking’s stranglehold on Mexico’s international and domestic freight.

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.