Traders still prefer SGR to move goods despite order
Rail freight services maintained an upward trend in the last quarter of last year.
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Rail freight services maintained an upward trend in the last quarter of last year.
The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has begun the process of buying 500 wagons for freight services to meet rising demand.
Some truck owners have converted their vehicles into specialised trucks to ferry out-of-gauge cargo.
The volume of cargo transported on the SGR from Mombasa to Nairobi went up 5 percent in February 2022 compared to a similar period last year.
The East African Tuesday February 16 2021 Cargo containers waiting to be picked by owners at the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Transporters from any country in East Africa using the port are now free to choose mode of transporting cargo. Advertisement Importers using the port of Mombasa are now free to use road transport to haul cargo to their respective destinations, after a five-judge bench quashed a government directive requiring all cargo imported through the port be transported to Nairobi and the hinterland exclusively by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). ...