Cargo shippers want State to foot costs of delay on SGR

SGR cargo train

Cargo operators are asking the Government to absorb the cost of delays on the standard gauge railway (SGR) cargo service launched at the beginning of this year.

Through the Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA), the operators claim inefficiencies in operations between the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Railways Corporation is costing them millions of shillings in demurrage fees.