Abu dhabi: The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Railways Corporation, invites global and local investors to express interest in the development of the Indode Intermodal Rail Terminal, Dry Port, and Logistics Center: a strategic Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project located just 26 km southeast of Addis Ababa. In its statement, the Ministry of Finance explained that Ethiopia aims to increase private sector involvement in the transport sector through its recent reform programs.
According to Ethiopian News Agency, the sector is currently limited to public and freight transport services and freight forwarding. The statement emphasized the necessity of opening up the sphere for private sector engagement in dry port and railway terminal development and logistics services.
To achieve this, the Government has launched a Request for Expression of Interest Notice ('REOI Notice') for the design, build, finance, operation, and maintenance (DBFOM) of the Indode Intermodal Rail Terminal and Dry Port, and Logistics Center ("Project").
The Project site is strategically located in central Ethiopia, about 26 km southeast from Addis Ababa city. It sits on the key intermodal corridor between Djibouti and Addis Ababa, in proximity to Ethiopia's main consumer center, the Greater Addis Ababa Area.