The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) moved 20,760 tonnes of containers between June 30 and July 26, after the implementation of the Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for the Apapa container shuttle. The NRC boss said: “We actually moved 20,760 tonnes between June 30 and July 26. “For the empty containers returning to the port, we did 11 rakes and moved 209 empty containers. He said that the SOP was between the NRC and the APM Terminals at Apapa with the Shippers’ Council as the supervisor. He said that a train is made up of 19 wagons and each of the wagons can take one 40-foot or two 20-foot containers.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 30, 2020 12:00 UTC