Cargo received at Naivasha ICD comes down by over 50 per cent

Some of the steel rolls lying at the Naivasha Inland Cargo Depot (NICD). [File, Standard]

The amount of cargo received at the Naivasha Inland Cargo Depot (NICD) has dropped by over 50 percent in the last four years, according to the latest data from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).

The number of trains transporting Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) containers through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has also dropped by a similar margin as traders opt for road transport.