{"id":13724,"date":"2020-09-01T18:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13724"},"modified":"2020-09-01T18:16:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:16:51","slug":"demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises","title":{"rendered":"Demand for SGR cargo service to Naivasha rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Benard Sanga\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Demand for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services from Naivasha and Nairobi to Mombasa has increased, according to figures from the operators.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited (Afristar) and Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) say the demand is fuelled by increased efficiency and reduced freight rate.\u00a0In July 168 trains, railed 1, 715 Twenty Equivalent Units TEUs from the two ICDs to the port of Mombasa, according to data from the KRC and Afristar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been an increase in the demand for down direction freight services from both the Nairobi and Naivasha ICD,&#8221; said KRC and Afristar in a statement.\u00a0Data also reveal that the Naivasha ICD is positioning itself as an important dry port for cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Burundi.<\/p>\n<p>This is following the increase in the volume of transit cargo passing through the facility with both road and railway delivered a total of 3,381 TEUs to the Naivasha ICD within the first two months of its operation.\u00a0In June, KRC introduced a 90-day stimulus tariff reducing the freight charges to sh52, 320 for 20-foot containers and sh.74, 120 for 40-foot containers.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ugandan importers are, however, complaining over the high cost of the last mile. It costs, $1600 to transport a 40ft container from Naivasha to Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe costs of the last mile is still very high. The cost of transporting a container from Naivasha to Kampala should be Sh109, 000 ($1000) not the current sh.174, 400 ($1600),\u201d said Mr. Gilbert Langat of the Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA).<\/p>\n<p>The Naivasha-ICD has also de-congested the Port of Mombasa and the ICD in Nairobi, as well as fast clearance of cargo and improved container handling.\u00a0Trade analysts say the Naivasha facility reduces the transit distance for cargo headed to the neighboring countries by more than 570km a move that has made SGR attractive to importers.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier interview, Langat who is the Chief Executive Officer of SCEA said there were persistent delays in the loading of trains which has affected the movement cargo from the port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Benard Sanga\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Demand for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services from Naivasha and Nairobi to Mombasa has increased, according to figures from the operators. Africa Star Railway Operation Company Limited (Afristar) and Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) say the demand is fuelled by increased efficiency and reduced freight rate.\u00a0In July 168 trains, railed 1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[5267,5494,517],"class_list":["post-13724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-kenya-railways-corporation","tag-naivasha-port","tag-sgr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Demand for SGR cargo service to Naivasha rises - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Demand for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services from Naivasha and Nairobi to Mombasa has increased, according to figures\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Demand for SGR cargo service to Naivasha rises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Demand for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight services from Naivasha and Nairobi to Mombasa has increased, according to figures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-01T18:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/demand_for_sgr_cargo5f4e4fd082eaf.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"518\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Demand for SGR cargo service to Naivasha rises\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-01T18:16:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/demand_for_sgr_cargo5f4e4fd082eaf.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kenya Railways Corporation\",\"Naivasha Port\",\"SGR\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/demand-for-sgr-cargo-service-to-naivasha-rises\",\"name\":\"Demand for SGR cargo service to Naivasha rises - 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