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DP World Kigali is expected to solve the inland logistics problems, delays and cost by providing what is described as a 'one stop shop' for all logistics requirements and cargo services.

East Africa Develops First Ever Inland Dry Port

By Irene Gaitirira
Published November 22, 2018

DP World Kigali is said to be 'a secure, bonded facility spread over 13 hectares and features an Inland Container Terminal (ICT) with modern warehousing capacity, a container yard, administrative and services buildings, parking areas and other facilities'.East Africa has just developed what is described as the region’s first ever Inland Dry Port.

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Located some 20 kilometres from Rwanda‘s capital, Kigali, and close to the international airport, the facility that is developed by the Government of Rwanda and a United Arab Emirates-based company known as DP World is said to be ‘a secure, bonded facility spread over 13 hectares and features an Inland Container Terminal (ICT) with modern warehousing capacity, a container yard, administrative and services buildings, parking areas and other facilities’.

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DP World Kigali is expected to solve the inland logistics problems, delays and cost by providing what is described as a 'one stop shop' for all logistics requirements and cargo services.Rwanda is reported to be working closely with Tanzania on a new standard gauge railway from Dar es Salaam to Kigali that will add a direct rail corridor, further improving connectivity for containers and bulk goods.

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Currently the cost of transport of a 20-foot container from Shanghai in China to Mombasa in Kenya is estimated to cost US$500-US$1000 USD. But the cost of transporting the same container from Mombasa to Kigali varies between US$3000 and US$4000. Thus the introduction of DP World Kigali is expected to solve the inland logistics problems, delays and cost by providing what is described as a ‘one stop shop’ for all logistics requirements and cargo services.

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Imports can be routed through Kigali Logistics Platform by DP World for onward distribution to the surrounding countries of   Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Congo-Kinshasa. Imports from overseas, DP World says, can be routed through Kigali Logistics Platform for onward distribution to the surrounding countries of
Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Congo-Kinshasa.

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