Bengaluru, Puducherry freight rates up on busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Feb 27:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Puducherry and Bengaluru rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today, supported by busy cargo movements against paucity of trucks.
Transporters said less position of trucks especially to Bengaluru and Puducherry, mainly supported the rise in freight rates for these destinations.
Delhi to Bengaluru and Puducherry freight rates rose by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 61,000 and Rs 67,000.
Elsewhere, rest other freight rates hovered around overnight levels on some support.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      14,000  Hyderabad           53,000 Chandigarh  16,000  Vijayawada          54,000 Ludhiana    17,000  Bengaluru           61,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             62,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              64,000 Ahmedabad   20,000  Puducherry          67,000 Baroda      23,000  Coimbatore          70,000 Patna       25,000  Kochi               72,000 Surat       25,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      27,000  Goa                 50,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             13,000 Kolkata     29,000  Guwahati            52,000 (PTI)