SGR cargo directive breathes life into Embakasi depot

SGR cargo train at the Mombasa Port. [BONIFACE OKENDO, STANDARD]

A raft of measures taken by Government agencies to increase the use of cargo service on the Standard Gauge Railway have handed a lifeline to the Embakasi Inland Container Depot (ICD).

The inland port, which has in the past suffered major underutilisation, is now reporting booming business, and is even contemplating doing away with incentives put in place earlier to lure cargo owners.