Freight rates up on high cargo movements

NEW DELHI, May 3:  Freight rates for 10-tonne pay load section to select destinations rose up to Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today, following tight position of trucks amid better cargo movements.
Transporters said less availability of trucks coupled with busy cargo movements, mainly led to rise in freight rates for select destinations.
New Delhi to Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 66,000, Rs 68,000 and Rs 77,000.
Rates to Mysore also rose by a similar margin of Rs 1,000 to Rs 71,000, while Indore and Jaipur freight rates were up by Rs 500 each to Rs 24,000 and Rs 22,000.
Following are today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur      22,000  Hyderabad   61,000
Chandigarh  22,000  Vijayawada  63,000
Ludhiana    22,500  Bangalore   66,000
Kanpur      23,000  Chennai     68,000
Indore      24,000  Mysore      71,000
Ahmedabad   25,000  Pondicherry 70,000
Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore  74,000
Patna       28,000  Kochi       77,000
Surat       29,000  Thiruvananthapuram 81,000 Mumbai      30,000  Goa         57,000
Pune        32,000  Gwalior     15,000
Kolkata     33,000  Guwahati    55,000. (PTI)