DRY PORT

Rwanda launches $35-mln dry port

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Monday officially inaugurated a dry port Kigali Logistics Platform, Rwanda’s largest inland cargo handling facility, in the capital city of Kigali, as the landlocked country bids to become a regional logistics hub.

The platform also hosts a 2,500-square meter bonded warehouse of Rwanda Digital Trading Hub of Alibaba Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) Yiwu Global Innovation Center.

China’s e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba, Zhejiang China Commodities City Group,...

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Zambia signs deal for new dry port

Zambia has signed a 146.5-million-U.S. dollar agreement with Africa Inland Container Depot (AFICD) of Tanzania on the establishment of a dry port in the central town of Kapiri Mposhi, its investment agency said on Friday.

The agreement will see the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), the investment arm of the Zambian government, holding 15 percent of shares in the project while the Tanzanian firm holds 85 percent.

CEO of the IDC Mateyo Kaluba said during the signing ceremony that the...

https://container-news.com/zambia-deal-new-dry-port/

DP World & PSA among Egypt dry port bidders

Egypt’s transportation ministry and public-private partnership (PPP) central unit affiliated to the finance ministry will receive technical and financial bids for the construction of the country’s first dry port in the industrial zone in 6th of October City starting from 11 July.

Three consortiums compete to win the contract for establishing this project, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, June 11.

The consortiums are an alliance led by India’s Conkor and includes Singapore’s...

https://container-news.com/dp-world-psa-egypt-dry-port-bidders/

Kerry Logistics to develop a dry port in Laos

Kerry Logistics Network Limited (Kerry Logistics) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding between its subsidiary, KLN (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and Laos’s Sitthi Logistics for the establishment of a joint venture to develop a dry port in the Vientiane Logistics Park in Laos. The signing ceremony was held on Friday, April 5, and attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, Sonexay Siphandone, as the guest of honour. The move is part of Kerry Logistics’ development strategy to seek...

https://container-news.com/kerry-logistics-develop-dry-port-laos/

A shot in the arm for Kenya’s railway project

Kenya and Uganda raised the stakes in East Africa’s infrastructure development race after Nairobi offered Kampala land to construct a dry port in Naivasha, 100km west of Nairobi, where the second phase of Kenya’s standard gauge railway line terminates.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made the offer in Mombasa on Thursday during a meeting with Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni who was on a three-day tour of the country.

“We have agreed that we shall make land available in Naivasha for Uganda to develop a...

https://container-news.com/shot-arm-kenya-railway-project/

Tanzania: Dry port’s plans are underway

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) said on Monday, Feb. 11, plans were underway to build a dry port in the east African nation’s northern tourist city of Arusha to serve importers and exporters in the northern regions and neighboring countries.

Percival Salama, TPA’s Tanga Port Manager, said Arusha will be the delivery point that will also be able to serve customers from member countries of the East African Community (EAC).

“Plans to build the port are now in an advanced stage,” Salama told a meeting...

http://container-news.com/tanzania-dry-port-plans-underway/

Cairo: Three groups compete to build dry port

CAIRO: Three consortiums are competing to build a dry port west of Cairo worth $100 million, the Egyptian finance ministry said on Sunday.

The project will be a public-private partnership between the General Authority For Ports and Dry Land and the winning consortium, to be built on 104 acres in 6th of October City, west of the capital.

It will be built “as a port for customs clearance of containers handled through the Alexandria and Dekheila ports, which will contribute to easing container...

http://container-news.com/cairo-three-groups-compete-build-dry-port/

MSC heavily invests in Portugal’s largest dry port

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company through its freight operator Medway in Iberia, is making a significant investment in the construction of Portugal’s largest dry port to address the growing needs of exporters and shippers in the north of the country.

This new railway station at Lousado will serve the second largest economic region in Portugal through direct connections to the port of Sines. Northern Portugal accounts for about 39% of the national exports and 29% of the national economy and its...

http://container-news.com/msc-invests-portugal-dry-port/

Dry port in Kathmandu under construction

KATHMANDU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — The construction of an international dry port has begun in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley.

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday, Jan 17, laid a foundation stone of the dry port in Chovar, Kirtipur municipality, several km away from the Ring Road.

The construction of the dry port has been handled by the Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies with the loan assistance from the World Bank.

The dry port is...

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Dry Port development efforts in Thailand

UDON THANI – Efforts are under way to push for an inland container depot (ICD), known in the shipping industry as “a dry port”, to be developed in the northeastern province.

On Wednesday (Jan. 2), a panel set up by the provincial governor held its first meeting to draw up a proposal for the project. The meeting was chaired by deputy governor Sithichai Chindaluang and attended by various agencies, representatives from the private sector, academics and investors in the provincial industrial estate.

http://container-news.com/dry-port-development-efforts-thailand/

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