On Monday, the first Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight hurtled its way from Mombasa with hundreds of containers and in its midst stoking fears among freight business agents. ALSO READ: Chinese firm denies discriminately paying SGR workersMombasa Governor Hassan Joho says the SGR freight trains, the Naivasha dry port and Embakasi inland container depot (ICD) would affect the multi-billion shilling container freight station business in Mombasa. On Monday, the first SGR freight train left Mombasa for the newly refurbished Embakasi inland container terminal in Nairobi with a total of 102 containers. The container freight station concept was started in 2000 to address logistical challenges in Mombasa Port due to lack of enough space. “We have done a study and identified many ways we can still remain afloat,” says Daniel Nzeki, the chief executive officer of Container Freight Station Association of Kenya.

Source: Standard Digital January 07, 2018 08:03 UTC