State to auction uncollected cargo to decongest Nairobi depot

Containers at the Nairobi Inland Container Deport that is said to be Full. Standard Gauge Railway has been bringing containers from Mombasa to the Depot using the new SGR. 8-9-2018 [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

The Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Revenue Authority plan to dispose of cargo that has stayed for more than three weeks at Nairobi’s Inland Container Depot (ICD) in a bid to decongest the facility.

The ICD has been grappling with congestion for months following a surge in the use of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cargo service by importers while they have been slow to pick up their goods.