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MOMBASA, Kenya–The world's largest container shipping company Maersk on Friday engaged the services of a full block freight train to ferry cargo from the Port of Mombasa via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nairobi. In a move billed as a game changer and a major boost for the […]
In his recent Budget speech, Treasury CS Ukur Yatani proposed yet another Sh18.5 billion for the development of SGR “to expand railway transport to the rest of the country.”
THE STANDARD BUSINESS NEWS Cargo clearance at the port after the ships had docked had reduced from 5.6 days in December 2020 to 4.6 days. [Gideon Maundu, Standard] Barely a year after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed an executive order to collapse all transport agencies into one, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has officially taken over Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) yards. KPA Acting Managing Director Salim Rashid said Kenya Railways has handed over the Kilindi loading yard, five rail lines and equipment to the port agency. The decision, he noted, was aimed at boosting efficiency in the evacuat...