Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson toured the development site for the agricultural maritime export facility at Port Milwaukee February 3. Johnson was joined by officials from the port and the Wisconsin… Read More
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Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Company Inc. broke ground October 15 on a nearly $35 million agricultural maritime export facility on Jones Island. Representatives from the port, DeLong and the… Read More
In an unusual year with historic challenges, Port Milwaukee (Wis.) finished 2020 with its highest annual cargo volume in the past seven years. Overall tonnage for the municipal port and… Read More
Port Milwaukee announced on August 6 the approval by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of two new long-term leases, with grain company The DeLong Company and energy and infrastructure contractor… Read More
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has urgently invited assessors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to visit Port Milwaukee to assess the extent of damage left by a line of… Read More
A line of winter storms that hit the Midwest January 12 was especially hard on Milwaukee—particularly Port Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan. Adam Schlicht, executive director of Port… Read More
Milwaukee—the city on the shores of Lake Michigan best known to the rest of the country for its beermaking past—is something of an anomaly among Midwestern cities. It hasn’t gotten… Read More
Port Milwaukee in Wisconsin posted significant gains in cargo movement through the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2018—an indication that international trade disputes have not, as yet, had a major impact… Read More
A new study of the economic impact of the Port of Milwaukee concludes that Port Milwaukee sustains more than 1,300 direct jobs and generated more than $100 million in business… Read More
Port Milwaukee announced May 30 that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has appointed Adam Schlicht as municipal port director. In this position, Schlicht will direct operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a… Read More
