The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLSE) has completed the design for a new dry port in Meqelle with capacity for 14 500 containers.
Chinese Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a multi-national construction company, designed the new facility. The existing dry port in Meqelle, rented from the City Administration, can accommodate 5 000 containers.
Aklilu Tessema, supervision and contract administration officer of ESLSE, said in a statement that the construction was part of the government's plan to set up dry ports along the railway lines and industrial parks.
The Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) is reportedly constructing a 268km electrified railway line from Weldia to Meqelle.
