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SGR boosting efficiency at Mombasa port, Kenya says

23 September 2019

Kenya said on Friday (9/20) that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has enhanced efficiency at the port of Mombasa.

Edward Opiyo, head of container operations, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) told reporters that the Mombasa- Nairobi railway line currently evacuates 50 percent of all cargo that arrives at the port.

“The SGR has been instrumental in reducing the port of Mombasa’s container dwell time making it an attractive facility for international traders in the east and central Africa region,” said...

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SGR will not kill Kenya’s road transport, officials say

12 September 2019

Kenya said the implementation of the Chinese-built standard gauge railway (SGR) which runs from Mombasa to Nairobi has continued to improve transportation of cargo and passengers and will not affect the road freight transport sector.

James Macharia, Cabinet Secretary in Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development said in Nairobi that even as the use of the SGR is at full capacity, it can only move 40 percent of the total traffic passing through the port of Mombasa,...

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Kenyan modern train cargo service expands

12 August 2019

The Kenyan Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking Mombasa and Nairobi has achieved safe operation since its launch, moving tonnes of cargo and millions of passengers.

As of Aug. 8, the train had operated for 800 days, according to the operator which provides the service and maintains the railway line.

The amount of cargo freight ferried from Jan. 1 to Aug. 8 was 245,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers, an increase of 130,000 TEU containers compared with those shipped in the...

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Kenya plans to kick out trucks from highway

6 August 2019

All imported cargo for delivery to Nairobi and the hinterland shall be conveyed by Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and cleared at the Inland Container Depot(Nairobi),the state has directed.

The directive is among new measures set to be effected starting Wednesday (August 7).

All imported cargo that is not declared and or removed from the Port of Mombasa or the ICD within 21 days, from the date of discharge of the vessel, will be transferred to a designated Customs controlled area awaiting disposal...

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Kenya’s SGR cargo volumes skyrocket

31 July 2019

Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight service shipped 197,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers in the first half of 2019, a 155.8 percent growth in cargo over the corresponding period in 2018 when it shipped 77,020 TEU containers, the operator of the SGR said.

Dai Yunjie, spokesperson for Africa Star which operates the SGR service, attributed the expansion in volumes to an aggressive marketing strategy targeting importers and exporters in Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and...

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Uganda near Standard Gauge Railway construction

10 June 2019

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday, June 6, said the country was in the final stage of negotiations over the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

In his state of nation address, Museveni said an agreement would soon be signed once the protracted negotiations are concluded.

“We have got a good formula and we shall conclude so that we start building the SGR,” he said.

The president did not mention with whom the government is negotiating with.

Kenya’s modern railway strengthen small towns

2 May 2019

The China funded Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking the Kenyan capital Nairobi to the port city of Mombasa has revitalized growth of small town along its 480 kilometers corridor since its launch on May 31, 2017.

Kenya’s modern railway line that has been described as a game changer in transport, regional integration and cross border trade, will later extend to Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.

Locally, it has shortened the passenger travel time from Mombasa to Nairobi from 10 to four hours,...

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Mombasa port: The key to Uganda’s trades

10 April 2019

Talks between Kenya and Uganda when President Yoweri Museveni visited Kenya recently mainly focused on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and operations at the Port of Mombasa.

The main reason the two facilities took centre stage is obvious to see; the 2018 port transit report places Uganda as the biggest user of the port where it had imported 7.4 million metric tonnes of goods last year. It was an increase from 6.5 million tonnes of goods compared with the previous year. The country’s transit...

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Construction of SGR in Kenya nears completion

28 March 2019

Construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha has entered the final stages.

According to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) spokesperson Steve Zhao, 80% of the project has been completed including roadbeds, culverts, bridges and station buildings, despite compensation stalemate along the Ngong section delaying the railway completion by the proposed June 2019 deadline. Zhao is however optimistic that the compensation deadlock would be resolved so that the...

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Plan to reduce transport costs from Mombasa to Nairobi

27 February 2019

A joint technical committee appointed to look into ways of reducing the cost of transporting cargo from Mombasa to the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nairobi has come up with far-reaching recommendations that will see reduction of rates while some charges will be struck off the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) tariff.

Since the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight service was launched in January 2017, the cost of haulage has escalated, even surpassing haulage of goods by road.

The report, seen by...

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