Select freight rates up

NEW DELHI, Feb 13:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for Patna, Baroda and Mumbai were up by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following shortage of trucks in the markets amid pick up in cargo movements.
Transporters said less position of trucks against pick up in cargo movements, mainly pushed up freight rates.
Delhi to Patna, Baroda and Mumbai freight rates moved higher by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 25,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 28,000, respectively.
Elsewhere, freight rates for other centres were unaltered on some support.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      14,500  Hyderabad           53,000 Chandigarh  17,000  Vijayawada          54,000 Ludhiana    17,500  Bengaluru           61,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             63,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              64,000 Ahmedabad   20,000  Puducherry          66,000 Baroda      24,000  Coimbatore          71,000 Patna       25,000  Kochi               72,000 Surat       26,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      28,000  Goa                 50,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             13,000 Kolkata     30,000  Guwahati            52,000 (PTI)