Freight rates up on busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Mar 19:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following increased cargo movements against less position of trucks.
Transporters said besides good cargo movements, tight availability of trucks mainly pushed up freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to Chennai and Mysore freight moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 63,000 and Rs 66,000.
Bengaluru and Goa freight also went up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 61,000 and Rs 52,000.
Also, rates to Jaipur and Chandigarh asked higher by Rs 500 each at Rs 15,000 and Rs 17,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      15,000  Hyderabad           51,000 Chandigarh  17,000  Vijayawada          53,000 Ludhiana    17,000  Bengaluru           61,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             63,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              66,000 Ahmedabad   20,000  Puducherry          68,000 Baroda      22,000  Coimbatore          71,000 Patna       24,000  Kochi               73,000 Surat       25,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      27,000  Goa                 52,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             13,500 Kolkata     29,000  Guwahati            51,000 (PTI)
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