CMA CGM launches weekly block train from Mombasa to Nairobi
The French shipping group's first dedicated full block train runs from the Port of Mombasa to the Nairobi-Embakasi Inland Container Depot. It has 54 wagons, carries 108 TEUs and will start with one train a week.
Shipping group CMA CGM launched its first dedicated full block train service in Kenya on Wednesday, according to a company statement published by AllAfrica. The train runs between the Port of Mombasa and the Nairobi-Embakasi Inland Container Depot (ICD). It has 54 wagons and can carry 108 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). At first, the service will carry containerised imports from Mombasa to Nairobi-Embakasi. One train will run each week. The company said this phase will help it measure customer demand. It will then decide whether to add more trains and a return service to Mombasa. CMA CGM developed the service with the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC). Guests at the launch included Transport PS Mohamed Daghar and French Ambassador Wadid Benaabou. KPA CEO Capt. William K. Ruto and KRC Managing Director Philip Mainga also attended. Naveen Prabhu, CMA CGM's Deputy Regional Director for East…
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