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Miami International adopts cargo community system

Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched a new airport cargo community system (ACCS) through its partnership with Kalé Logistics. The ACCS platform is available to freight forwarders, cargo handlers, truckers, carriers, and ground handlers and aims to reduce reliance on fragmented, manual information exchange. Kalé said that currently, cargo trucks arrive at MIA with limited information about their arrival times and cargo types, increasing congestion, carbon emissions, and inefficiencies. The ACCS systems will improve the situation. "The new platform will improve information sharing, advanced planning, and truck scheduling. The ACCS will also help reduce waiting times and increase productivity across MIA's cargo ecosystem," the software firm said in a press release. "This will also serve as the foundational digital infrastructure for MIA to connect with its international partner airports, further facilitating the flow of goods along specific international trade lanes." Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava said: "Most importantly, this is about making MIA more future-ready: simplifying and expediting the movement of goods through our global gateway, supporting the businesses and jobs that depend on international trade, and ensuring that our airport remains an industry leader not just in cargo volume, but also in efficiency and sustainability." The deployment comes as MIA has seen cargo volumes grow rapidly. Last year, Airports Council International figures show the hub registered a 13.6% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes to 3.1m tonnes. MIA's total cargo volume requires a daily average of 190 cargo-only flights and more than 1,600 truck trips, Kalé said. "If the ACCS were adopted across MIA's entire cargo operation, it would yield massive environmental and sustainability benefits," the company claimed. "Based on modest estimates of savings of 15% in paper handling and an average of two hours of truck turnaround time, implementing Kalé's ACCS across MIA's cargo community has the potential to save 5,900 U.S. tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 3,000 trees, and up to $250m in operational costs in the air cargo supply chain annually." "Our research shows that cargo community systems are already improving collaboration and visibility across the industry, and MIA gives us an opportunity to apply those benefits at one of the world's major cargo gateways," said Amar More, co-founder and chief executive of Kalé. "Small inefficiencies can quickly grow in scale, and a common digital platform has the potential to make a meaningful operational difference. This will also help MIA digitally link with the world." The launch was announced at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Miami on 27 October.

US delays port fees for Chinese ships again - now until 9 January

After all the hooting, it seems the US is keen to again delay implementation of planned port fees for China-linked vessels, with the US Trade Representative (USTR) requesting the delay to give Washington and Beijing more time to negotiate. The USTR asked that the measure intended to penalise China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors remain suspended through to 9 January, with the initial suspension set to expire on 9 November. "The US is continuing to engage with China with the goal of obtaining the elimination of the acts, policies, and practices at issue in the investigation. The trade representative is therefore proposing to further suspend for two months," it stated. The USTR also said it was "requesting comments from any interested person" about the proposed suspension, giving any interested party until the end of this week to file comments. Under the measures, non-Chinese companies using Chinese-built vessels to call at US ports face charges of $50 per net tonne, while Chinese companies will be subject to fees of $18 per net ton or $120 per container discharged, depending on which is higher. That marked a dramatic downturn on the threatened $1m fee per US port call, or $1,000 per net tonne the Trump administration had initially proposed during its more aggressive approach to China diplomacy. For shippers, the proposed extension offers temporary certainty, although the notice from the USTR gives no indication as to what will happen if the suspension does come into effect, but no long-term agreement is inked between the two sides before it expires.

Navia Deepens Southeast Asia Reach With New Office in Johor Bahru

The company's second Malaysian location puts it on Singapore's doorstep and one of the world's busiest trade corridors. This week, Navia announced the opening of its freight forwarding office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, continuing its expansion as a global player. This is its second location on the Malay Peninsula, its twelfth in APAC, and the next phase in its growth journey. The choice of Johor Bahru as a location was based on a few key factors: Singapore is on the doorstep, deeper coverage across Malaysia, and a relentless ambition for growth. "Our expansion has always followed our customers.... Johor Bahru is us continuing to back the core markets that matter to them." Johor Bahru sits minutes from Singapore, connected by the world's busiest land border crossing, with over 350,000 crossings a day (roughly four times the daily volume of San Diego-Tijuana's San Ysidro crossing, which the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics says is 87,569 crossings a day). A new rail link, opening later this year, will make that journey just five minutes. The state is also home to Port Tanjung Pelepas, the world's 15th-busiest seaport, handling over 14 million TEUs a year, and Senai International Airport. Since January 2025, the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) has enabled duty-free trade and a single permit for land cargo moving between the two countries, targeting RM260 billion (approximately S$81 billion) in GDP for the zone, with 7% annual growth by 2030 according to Johor state government predictions. In practice, that gives Navia customers a team with direct access to Singapore via sea and land. Take a shipment from Shanghai landing at Tanjung Pelepas: freight that once needed to clear through a third-party agent before reaching Singapore can now move under one Navia team, with one coordinated Navia solution, from origin port, to bonded storage, to final delivery. All of it is tracked with the same Critical Chain exception visibility and live reporting from the NaviaHub that Navia's customers already use every day. The new office extends Navia's coverage across Malaysia. Alongside its existing Penang office, the Johor Bahru team now places Navia near Port Tanjung Pelepas, where a significant share of its freight already moves through. The Johor Bahru office marks the second expansion Navia has made this year, following the launch of TCI Navia in China in August, another step in the company's growing footprint. "Our expansion has always followed our customers, not the other way round. We've been invested in Malaysia for seven years, and Johor Bahru is us continuing to back the core markets that matter to them. This is another step forward, not just for Malaysia but for what we're building right across the region. What excites me most is the talent we're adding on the ground and the capability we're bringing in-house, so customers get the full Navia ecosystem working for them as one team.", said Simon Borg, Group CEO of Navia. About Navia: Navia is a global freight forwarder and 3PL provider. Founded in Australia in 2003, Navia has grown into one of the largest independently-owned logistics providers in the market, with offices across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United States. Being independently owned allows the Navia team to provide customers with the network and reach of a multi-national, coupled with the care and attention freight requires. All of this is backed by the NaviaHub proprietary platform, which gives customers real-time SLA reports and exception management down to the SKU-level. https://naviafreight.com Media Contact: Greg Amanatidis, Director of Marketing, [email protected]