SGR cargo delay hurts shippers


The Standard | by Wainaina Wambu

Shippers are in a crisis following a delay in transportation of containers to Nairobi from Mombasa Port.

The delay, attributed to damaged train wagons, has persisted for the last one month.

Shippers Council of Eastern Africa Chief Executive Gilbert Langat has warned of “chaos” amid high storage costs, delayed payment of duty and factories closing down as members mulled using trucks to transport the goods instead of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)…

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