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Kenya Railways will now direct all cargo from Mombasa cargo to the Naivasha Inland Container Depot for later transport to neighboring countries, Transportation Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said.
Macharia says this will boost the movement of goods in the region. The inaugural cargo via the standard gauge railway arrived in Naivasha on Thursday and was received by Macharia, accompanied by senior officials from the Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Railways Corporation.
Most of the cargo in the warehouse is destined for Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kenya Railways Managing Director Phillip Mainga said the corporation will have two initial daily trains carrying up to 108 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and a minimum of 70 TEUs.
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The Naivasha ICD has a capacity to store two million tons per year and intends to reduce congestion at the ICD port of Nairobi and the port of Mombasa, reduce the number of trucks on the roads and facilitate the continuous transshipment of goods to neighboring countries. “We want to contain the increase in the number of truckers who tested positive for Covid-19 because there will be fewer trucks coming from Mombasa,” Mainga said.
Macharia said that the Naivasha ICD will increase the role of the rail transport sector in the logistics scene by providing a viable solution to the challenge of limited capacity at the port of Mombasa and the Nairobi inland container depot.
Meanwhile, Uganda Railways Corporation COO Abobeko Chaki said that increased operations between the Port of Kisumu and the Port Bell in Uganda will improve the quality of service provision and reduce human movements in the two countries. in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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He said this while receiving 800,000 liters of fuel transported to Port Bell from Kisumu by the MV Uhuru ship.
“By using the rail and water transportation system, we will be able to transport up to 17 million liters of fuel in the past and reduce the number of trucks operating between the two countries and, therefore, minimize the risk of spreading Covid- 19, “Chaki said, adding that if the two ships are operational between Kisumu and Port Bell, more than 500 trucks will be kept off the roads.
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