Block Trains carrying containers for Burkina Faso

[John Ashworth]

A Block Train Container Solution To Ensure Better Supply To Burkina Faso

Since January 20, 2023, the SITARAIL teams have implemented a new block train container solution aimed at ensuring regular and fast delivery of imported goods from Côte d’Ivoire to Burkina Faso. Launched in Abidjan on, January 20, 2023, the first block train container of 26 wagons, carrying 45 containers, arrived at the Ouagadougou station by Sunday evening, on January 22, with a travel time of 48 hours. In two weeks, three block trains with a total of 77 wagons loaded with containers containing nearly 2,000 tonnes of consumer goods were processed by SITARAIL...