Cargo — also called freight — is goods moved in bulk. We carry containers and bulk cargo between the Port of Djibouti and Ethiopia’s dry ports. For importers, exporters, freight forwarders and transit agents.
The train, and the work around it: pick-up, customs, storage and delivery are ordered on the same portal as the rail leg.
Import, export and intercity trains between the Port of Djibouti and Ethiopia’s dry ports. 20 ft and 40 ft containers, bulk and break-bulk cargo ride the same electrified line, and because one company runs it from end to end, a consignment does not change carrier at the border.
Import containers booked through your shipping line, so the sea leg and the rail leg travel as one journey from the ship in Djibouti to the dry port. EDR is a licensed multimodal operator in Ethiopia.
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The rail leg on its own, booked with us directly rather than through a shipping line. We carry your import cargo from the Port of Djibouti to the dry port, and you add pick-up, delivery or clearance only if you want them.
Our trucks collect your cargo at your door and bring it to the train. EDR is a licensed multimodal operator in Ethiopia, so the road leg is ordered with the rail leg, on the same portal.
From the dry port to your door on our trucks, or collected with your own. You choose when you place the order.
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Our clearing desk handles the paperwork, or you name your own agent or freight forwarder when you order. Formalities take place at Dewele on the border, and containers are cleared inland at Mojo dry port.
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Yard and warehouse space while your cargo waits for the train or for collection. Mojo clears containers inland, and Indode serves Addis Ababa.
Refrigerated and hazardous goods and empty containers are declared on the order. Vehicles and heavy machinery travel on car-carrier and flat wagons.
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From registering your company to delivery, in five steps on the cargo portal.
Register your company
Sign up with your company TIN and FAYDA. EDR checks the details and approves your account.
Place a shipment order
Import, export or intercity; your cargo and route; and any pick-up, customs or delivery you want from us. Pay online or on contract credit.
Get it to the train
Our truck collects it, you bring it to the yard, or — for imports — it comes straight off the ship in Djibouti.
Follow it on the line
Customs is handled on the way, by our clearing desk or your own agent. Every wagon shows live on the map.
Collect or receive it
Pick it up at the dry port with your own trucks, or we deliver it to your door. The final invoice is online.
Trains, tonnes and wagons on the line over the last 30 days, read straight from the cargo system.
Connecting
Every cargo train runs this line, Indode to Doraleh, under 25 kV.
Pick-up, customs, storage and delivery are ordered on the same portal as the train.
Ship cargo