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| Member States adopt the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation Model 22 Mar 2021 | |
 | On Tuesday 9th March 2021, the Northern and Central Corridor Authorities and Stakeholders from the respective Member States held a virtual validation workshop for the report on a model for the estimation Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions for the Northern and Central Corridors. The model developed with support from TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) will support the Corridors’ Transport Observatories to regularly report on performances related to GHG emissions as well as help identify possible reduc...Read More |
| Kenya Railways Slashes Mombasa to Naivasha ICD SGR Freight Rates by 15% 22 Mar 2021 | |
 | Kenya Railways (KR) has reduced the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cargo tariffs by 15% to promote Naivasha Inland Container Depot’s (Naivasha ICD) use. The new freight rates came into effect on 16th February 2021. Through an update on their website, KR says that a 20ft container on an upward journey (Mombasa- Naivasha) will now be charged USD 510 from USD 600 previously charged. On the same route, a 40ft container of up to 20.9 tonnes will be charged USD 725 from USD 850, while a 40ft cont...Read More |
| The Mombasa Port throughput registered a slight decline in 2020 22 Mar 2021 | |
 | Data from the Northern Corridor Transport Observatory reveals that the Port of Mombasa sustained its performance in January-December 2020 with a slight decline compared to its throughput in the corresponding period in 2019. The hub recorded a throughput of 34 million metric tonnes (MT) in 2020, a 1% decline from 34.4 million MT handled in 2019. However, this was 5% short of the projected 35.9 million MT in total throughput and 1.49 million twenty-feet equivalent units (TEUs) in container traffic...Read More |
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