b'2American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comMiami floral cargo pushesTEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED airport expansion Miami International Airport has plans to doubleLOGISTICS TRI-ANNUALair cargo warehousing space. Floral imports are blooming and warehouse space is running out.By Tad Thompson, AJOTDriven in large part by bur- planningafour-storybuild-geoning volumes of fresh cuting to be arranged so as not flowerimports,theMiamito interfere with air traffic. International Airport has plansThe name Vertically Inte-toexpandaircargoware- grated Cargo Community is housing space. the builders patented nomen-Asacenterfor Westernclature.Itusestheacronym Hemisphereaircommerce,VICC.Miami has long been a bas- Wewillknockdown tion for passenger and cargosome of the older warehouse business between Latin Amer- facilitiesandbuildnew, ica and North America.Nares noted. The cargo com-Now, according to Jimmymunity will gain two million Nares, section chief aviationsquare feet of general cargo marketing, Miami Dade Avi- space on the airport.ationDepartment,theair- (PUSHEScontinued on portispreparingtogreatlypage 8) A refrigerated cooler filled with flowers for Mothers Day at Miami International Airportexpand its cargo space. The aviationdepartmentofthe Miami-DadeCountygov-ernment owns, operates, and manages Miami International Airport (MIA).Naresexplainedinlate April, MIA is rapidly approach-ing its cargo capacity. To keep up with forecasted growth in cargo,weareimplementingWe Ship Pharmaceuticalscapitalimprovementpro-grams,includingbuilding themultilevelcargofacilitya Vertical Integrated Cargo Community - on our airport grounds. We expect to breakand healthcare productsgroundnextyearandfor theprojecttobecompleted in 2027. Once the project isTrusted partner for completed, we will approxi-mately double our current on-airport cargo capacity. worldwide pharma logisscs- Secure Soluuons- Proven Reliability- End to End VisibilityJimmy Nares, section chief aviation marketing, Miami Dade Aviation - Regulatory Compliance Heexplained,Weare facilitating demand for cargo. Four or five years ago, it was predicted that we would need to double capacity within the next five or ten years.NarestoldAJOTthat warehousing expansion of the Miami airport must be verti-calbecausethereisinsuffi- +305.407.3125 [email protected] real estate available for a horizontal extension. The airport is land lockedwww.amerijet.comwith cities and highways, so, using the Hong Kong airport as a model, were building a vertical cargo facility.An airport location obvi-ouslymusthavealimiton height, but engineers are now'