Kenya SGR set to cut down cargo freight costs

[John Ashworth]

Railway set to cut down cargo freight costs

In Summary

- Kenya Railways Corporation (KPC) managing director Atanas Maina told The EastAfrican that the corporation has received approvals of the tariffs from the Ministry of Transport, which will be half the road haulage rates, and will now begin discussions with transporters.

- The SGR cargo line will run freight trains with 54 double-stack flat wagons, carrying 216 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) per trip, with a load of 4,000 tonnes on each train.

- Since June, Kenya Railways has been doing a daily eight hour cargo trip from Mombasa to Nairobi but only with government supplies. The cargo is then distributed to the rest of the country.