The Madaraka Express freight service has marked another first after it transported its first consignment of temperature sensitive cargo recently. The cargo was transported in the refrigerated container or reefer from Mombasa to Nairobi.

The reefer is a specialized wagon designed for transportation of delicate cargo normally categorized as dangerous cargo or that which includes flowers, meat products, milk, chocolates, and fuel. Kenya railways and china road and bridge corporation who operate the passenger and freight service recently approved the dangerous goods transportation regulations for standard gauge railway operations paving way for haulage of dangerous cargo from the port of Mombasa to the inland container depot Nairobi.