Transportation & Logistics

There are a lot of different things that come to mind when you think of Wisconsin. The Packers, Cheddar, the Brewers, Colby, the Badgers, Gouda, the Dells, Havarti, Whistling Straits, Asiago, the House on the Rock, Parmesan.

Delta Airlines has reportedly reached an agreement to purchase the naming rights for the Frontier Airlines Center in downtown Milwaukee.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Expedited Freight Systems Inc., a regional overnight less-than-truckload (LTL) provider based in Kenosha, for approximately $10 million plus an earnout over four years.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced today it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Expedited Freight Systems Inc. (EFS), a regional overnight less-than-truckload (LTL) provider based in Kenosha, for approximately $10 million plus an earnout over four years.

Harold Mester is leaving his position as the Milwaukee County Board’s public information manager and will assume a new job as marketing and public relations manager at General Mitchell International Airport.

Cudahy logistics provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired R&M Transportation and Sortino Transportation for $24.4 million.

Cudahy logistics provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired R&M Transportation and Sortino Transportation for $24.4 million.

Milwaukee County will receive $3.24 million from the federal government for buses and bus infrastructure, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin, announced.
The state of Wisconsin is getting a total of $11.78 million in federal funds for buses, including the money for Milwaukee County, Kohl said.

A new report from Shorewood-based airline consultant IdeaWorksCompany shows the ancillary revenue reported by airlines grew to $22.6 billion in 2011, up 66 percent from 2009.

Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, is urging Congress to approve the federal surface transportation bill authorized by the Congressional Conference Committee.