Miami Airport Launches AI Cargo Platform for Truck Queues

Hundreds of trucks reach MIA each day without knowing what is waiting. A new AI cargo platform is meant to fix that.

A truck pulls up to Miami International Airport with little warning about what it is carrying or when it is due. Multiply that by more than 1,600 trips a day, and an AI cargo platform starts to look overdue.

That daily scramble is what the new MIA AI cargo platform is built to calm. Miami-Dade County announced the launch on Oct. 27 at the Air Cargo Forum in Miami.

The Airport Cargo Community System, or ACCS, comes from the logistics software company Kalé. It gives forwarders, handlers, truckers, carriers and ground handlers one shared online portal.

From Fragmented Handoffs to One Portal

Today, much of the information moves through scattered, manual exchanges. The county says trucks arrive with limited notice of arrival times and cargo types.

That makes planning harder. It adds congestion, emissions and delays at the gate.

The new system is meant to improve information sharing, advance planning and truck scheduling. The county expects shorter waits and more productivity across MIA’s cargo community.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava called MIA the busiest cargo hub in the world to use the technology. “This is about making MIA more future-ready,” she said.

MIA director Ralph Cutié and Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins joined the launch. So did Kalé co-founder and CEO Amar More.

The Scale Behind the Pitch

MIA handled a record 3.4 million U.S. tons of freight in 2025, the county says. That makes it the busiest U.S. freight airport. It ranks third in the world, behind Hong Kong and Shanghai.

At that volume, small delays add up. “Small inefficiencies can quickly grow in scale,” More said.

The county put a number on the upside. If every cargo operation at MIA adopted the system, the county says, it could save up to $250 million a year.

It also projects lower emissions from less paper handling and shorter truck turnarounds.

Those are projections from the county and Kalé, not results. The system has just launched, and savings depend on how many companies use it.

Part of a Wider County Push

The cargo launch fits a pattern. MAIN has tracked Miami-Dade putting AI to work in its own facilities.

Miami-Dade unveiled an AI hologram assistant at the airport and robotic hygiene systems at PortMiami this year, as MAIN reported. Those tools face travelers. This one faces the freight business behind them.

Cargo community systems are not new. Kalé says they already improve visibility across the industry. MIA now applies the idea at one of the world’s major cargo gateways.

Local founders are chasing the same problem. MAIN profiled them in 5 Miami AI startups for claims, freight and supply chains.

One of them is Miami-based Tabi Connect, which built a freight quoting tool. It works on the sales side of the same chain.

The county also says the platform will serve as the base for linking MIA with partner airports abroad. Cargo moves along trade lanes, and both ends need to share data.

For a trucker, the change should be simple. Know what is waiting before you arrive, and book a slot instead of idling in a line.

For forwarders and handlers, the portal replaces calls, emails and paper with one shared record. That is the promise, at least.

Adoption is the open question. A shared portal only helps if forwarders, truckers and handlers all log in.

The county has not said how many companies are signed up or when full use is expected. Those answers will decide whether the savings are real.

The next test is whether MIA can move freight with fewer idle trucks. The county has handed its freight community a shared screen. Now the industry has to use it.

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