The CEO of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway Share Company, Abdi Zenebe, has provided some interesting operational performance pointers:

During the just-concluded Ethiopian fiscal year it transported over 1.7 million tons of import-export cargoes on 71000 containers, of which 14000 were for export.

On a sectoral basis, 98% of Ethiopia’s coffee exports were transported to the international market through the Ethio-Djibouti train.

However: “We are using less than 35% of our capacity; its operating capacity is expected to increase when we start transporting fuel soon. We signed deals to transport cars and we should also use the cement transportation in Ethiopia. These are part of our next 100 days tasks.”