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KPA offers shippers cut on charges to boost SGR cargo uptake
Under the new tariff which takes effect immediately, cargo owners will pay Sh8,160 ($80) in container handling charges for a 20-foot local container at the inland container depot (ICD) in Embakasi, down from Sh10,506 ($103). FILE PHOTO | NMG
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has offered shippers another steep cut on its container handling charges in a move meant to boost the uptake of cargo through the standard gauge railway (SGR).
The move comes in the midst of a row with freighters who have defied a government directive to transport their imported cargo via the SGR. Under the new tariff which takes effect immediately, cargo owners will pay Sh8,160 ($80) in container handling charges for a 20-foot local container at the inland container depot (ICD) in Embakasi, down from Sh10,506 ($103).
