James P. Hoffa has postponed plans for his inauguration on March 6, but is moving closer to officially taking over as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Schneider National of Green Bay, Wis., said it will acquire the assets of A.J. Metler’s flat glass business for an undisclosed amount.

Pacer International of Lafayette, Calif., an intermodal marketing, truck brokerage and cartage company, has agreed to a buyout with an affiliate of Apollo Management.

ANR Advance Transportation Co. of Milwaukee announced the sale of ConEx, its flatbed truckload division, to an undisclosed investor group.

TT File PhotoBuoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998. The Atlanta-based parcel carrier earned $1.7 billion on revenue of $24.8 billion, compared with net income of $909 million on revenue in 1997.

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO adopted a new safety agenda at the winter meeting of the labor federation’s Executive Board.

Overnite Transportation said it wants to put its labor problems behind it.

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO adopted a new safety agenda at the winter meeting of the labor federation’s Executive Board.

James P. Hoffa is making plans to take over as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on March 6.

SignPost Inc. of Hudson, Wis., which publishes a quarterly survey of driver wages, is offering pricing data with publication of its North American Truckload Rate Index.