SGR cargo haul stable in first-half despite Covid-19 disruptions
Posted: 11 Aug 2020, 07:28
SGR cargo haul stable in first-half despite Covid-19 disruptions
The volume of goods hauled by trains on the standard gauge railway(SGR) remained stable in the first half of the year, boosting earnings despite economic disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fresh data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that about 1.98 million tonnes of cargo was carried on the SGR between January and June, a slight decline from the 2.20 million tonnes moved in a similar period of 2019...