The China Civil Engineering Building Company (CCECC) has formally launched its cargo freight service on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, heralding a big development in Nigeria’s logistics and transportation sector.
The announcement was made on Friday by the official X account (previously Twitter) of John Zhao, CCECC’s consultant in Nigeria.
The inaugural journey, leveraging a cross-border rail transport mannequin, commenced on the Ajuba Bonded Terminal, the place cargo was transported to Apapa Port in Lagos.
Upon arrival, the products have been unloaded, and import containers have been effectively loaded for the return journey to the Ajuba Terminal, establishing a seamless and absolutely built-in logistics cycle for each import and export operations.
“CCECC lately launched its self-operated railway freight service in Nigeria with the inaugural run of a cargo prepare on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, marking the official graduation of economic freight operations.
“Using a cross-border rail transport mannequin, the prepare departed from the Ajuba Bonded Terminal and transported cargo to Apapa Port in Lagos. After unloading, it loaded import containers for the return journey and arrived on the Ajuba Terminal, establishing a seamless full-cycle bidirectional logistics chain for each import and export items,” Zhao’s put up learn.
The launch of CCECC’s cargo freight service on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway follows the Nigerian Railway Company’s (NRC) current approval of a 3-year operational license granted to CCECC.
The Nigerian Railway Company (NRC) has granted a three-year license to the China Civil Engineering Building Company (CCECC) to function freight companies on the Lagos-Ibadan standard-gauge railway line. Efficient from October 14, 2024, to October 13, 2027, this authorization allows CCECC to offer public items carriage alongside the vital rail hall.
This license represents a significant milestone for Nigeria’s rail sector as CCECC turns into the primary firm to obtain authorization for standard-gauge rail freight companies within the nation.
Moreover, in February 2025, the NRC and APM Terminals Apapa relaunched the Apapa-Ibadan standard-gauge freight rail service. This service operates on a hard and fast schedule with departures each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, additional boosting freight logistics alongside the rail hall.
