Chinese, German companies win ET’s maintenance hangar, cargo terminal bids

A German company, ICM, has won the bid Ethiopian Airlines put up for the construction a new cargo terminal at the airline’s hub at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian CEO, said that a German and Chinese company has been bidding. “Finally we selected ICM. They presented the best design and offer,” Tewolde said. ICM will work with Varnero, the renowned Italian construction firm. Ethiopian inaugurated the existing cargo terminal, which has the capacity to accommodate 350,000 ton. “At that time it was considered as a big cargo terminal. But now it is saturated,” Tewolde said. According