Freight rates up on busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Aug 10:  Freight rates for nine tonne load to select destinations hardened by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following tight position of trucks amid better cargo movements.
Transporters said apart from good cargo movements, less position of trucks, mainly pushed up select freight rates.
Capital to Chandigarh, Gwalior and Jaipur rates improved by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 18,000, Rs 12,000 and Rs 17,000 per ten tonne, respectively.
Rates to Indore, Ahmedabad and Kanpur also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 23,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 22,000.
The following are today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur      17,000  Hyderabad   56,000
Chandigarh  18,000  Vijayawada  58,000
Ludhiana    20,000  Bangalore   63,000
Kanpur      22,000  Chennai     65,000
Indore      23,000  Mysore      68,000
Ahmedabad   25,000  Pondicherry 70,000
Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore  73,000
Patna       28,000  Kochi       76,000
Surat       27,000  Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai      30,000  Goa         53,000
Pune        32,000  Gwalior     12,000
Kolkata     32,000  Guwahati    54,000. (PTI)