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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Inaugurates Strategic Mojo Logistics Center Expansion to Boost Ethiopia’s Regional Trade
Ethiopia Today · 2 weeks ago · Read the Full Story on Ethiopia Today
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the first-phase expansion of the Mojo Logistics Center, a modernized 174-hectare facility aimed at enhancing Ethiopia's freight capabilities and regional economic integration.
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially inaugurated the first-phase expansion of the Mojo Logistics Center in Mojo town, Oromia Region.
- The modernized facility spans 174 hectares total, with the Phase One expansion covering 68 hectares of developed land.
- The project adds a 21,000-TEU container storage capacity and direct rail integration to streamline national supply chains.
- Infrastructure features include a 2.8-kilometer railway spur line, the nation's first rail-mounted gantry crane, six 5,400-square-meter mega-warehouses, and two 1,600-square-meter break-bulk facilities.
- The expanded center is built to handle 80% to 87% of national import containers and shift 50% of export trade onto cargo rail.
- It will supply local exporters with over 28,000 TEUs, meeting 95% or more of their empty container requirements.
- The facility is integrated with Enterprise Resource Planning, Oracle Transportation Management, CCTV, and Optical Character Recognition systems.
- The expansion forms a cornerstone of the DESU corridor connecting Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda, while scaling annual capacity up to one million 20-foot containers.
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