BX Solutions lands in Toledo

   The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board on Thursday approved the preparation for a new cargo operator, BX Solutions, at Toledo Express Airport.
   Start-up company BX Solutions has received permission to manage and maintain the cargo facility; manage the delivery of all services at, to and from the facility; and market the facility for intermodal transportation services cooperatively with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.
   BX Solutions is a locally owned and managed transportation and distribution company specializing in commercial and industrial freight. It has committed to create 500 new full and part-time positions at Toledo Express Airport within the first year.
   “We are certainly pleased to welcome BX Solutions as the new cargo facilitator for Toledo Express – just a few short months after cargo operations ceased at the facility,” said Paul Toth, president and chief executive officer of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, in a statement. “The support of the state of Ohio through grant funding has been critical to moving this project forward and we are appreciative of their confidence in us.”
   BAX Global, the U.S. freight forwarding division of DB Schenker, stopped operating its own domestic cargo airline and closed its hub in Toledo on Sept. 1. The state of Ohio provided a $2.8 million loan to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority to prepare the air cargo terminal for future tenants, including the addition of more trucking docks, according to the Toledo Blade.