Transportation & Logistics

Milwaukee-based Tax Airfreight Inc., a transportation and logistics company, announced this week that it has named Brandon Pearson as its new chief executive officer.

Nearly three-times the number of people flew in and out of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in May compared to April, but passenger traffic is still well behind last year.

After a one-month delay to the start of its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lake Express Ferry announced today that it has resumed service between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Michigan.

HSA Commercial Real Estate has broken ground on the first phase of the Bristol Highlands Commerce Center, a 68-acre business park at Wilmot Road and 136th Avenue near the Wisconsin-Illinois border.

With federal grant money apparently on the way, Milwaukee County officials say they plan to commence construction of the long-anticipated bus rapid-transit project next spring and have the service available to riders in 2022.

Midwest Express Airlines has raised $1 million in a funding round led by three investors, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday on Twitter that he is committing $40.9 million to the East-West Bus Rapid Transit project in Milwaukee County.

As part of plans to grow its business in the Midwest region, Somerset, New Jersey-based Budd Van Lines Inc. has signed a long-term lease of a roughly 115,800-square-foot industrial building in Racine.

Enterprise Holdings, the parent company for several car rental brands including Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental, has informed state officials that it has laid off 260 employees in the Milwaukee area.

Estero, Florida-based The Hertz Corp. notified state officials that it has laid off 38 employees at its facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.