Port Milwaukee
2024 Great Lakes Cruise Season Comes to a Close
According to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, Great Lakes ports welcomed more than 140,000 cruise passenger visits in 2024. This year’s passenger cruise season resulted in a... Read More
Great Lakes ports show steady growth at the start of 2024 shipping season
Proving its worth Movement of cargo on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System is booming thanks to an early start to the shipping season. The 66th navigation season began March... Read More
Two Great Lakes Ports Receive MARAD Funding
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced plans to invest $653 million in 41 port improvement projects across the nation, including two along the Great Lakes. As... Read More
Grand Opening of The DeLong Co., Inc. Agricultural Maritime Export Facility
Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Co., Inc. have celebrated the grand opening of the $40-million Agricultural Maritime Export Facility on Jones Island. Representatives from the Port, DeLong and the city of... Read More
Nine Great Lakes Ports Receive Pacesetter Award
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) has announced that nine U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received its Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award... Read More
Working To Build Great Lakes And European Commerce
Efforts to expand Great Lakes trade and commerce were the focus of two high-profile, concurrent international events in October. One event, October 3-6, was organized by The Conference of Great... Read More
Thunder Bay Becomes The Next Great Destination
Thunder Bay is no stranger to cruise ships as a few smaller ships have passed through over the past decade, but the park-packed locale tucked on the shores of Lake... Read More
Port Milwaukee Selects New Director
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson has selected Jackie Q. Carter to serve as municipal port director. In this position, Carter will direct commercial and recreational operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a... Read More
Adam Tindall-Schlicht Named Seaway Administrator
On Friday, November 4, 2022, the White House announced President Biden’s appointment of former Milwaukee port director, Adam Tindall-Schlicht, as the next administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway... Read More
Port Milwaukee Director Looks Forward to New Role
Port Milwaukee Director Adam Tindall-Schlicht believes the Great Lakes is ripe for an export revival, and he will be taking those views to an important new forum. Tindall-Schlicht was recently... Read More
Work Continues on Port Milwaukee’s Agricultural Maritime Export Facility
Ship loader equipment has been delivered to Port Milwaukee for The DeLong Co., Inc. agricultural maritime export facility. The ship loader is currently being installed on Jones Island and will... Read More