Freight rates for select destinations up

NEW DELHI, Aug 20: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select southern destinations rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following pick up in cargo movements along with tight trucks position.
Transporters said tight availability of trucks in the markets against better cargo movements, mainly pushed up freight rates for some destinations.
Capital to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi freight rates rose by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 87,000 and Rs 82,000, respectively.
Rates to Coimbatore and Mysore also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 76,000 and Rs 70,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      16,000  Hyderabad           58,000 Chandigarh  17,000  Vijayawada          59,000 Ludhiana    19,000  Bengaluru           65,000 Kanpur      22,000  Chennai             68,000 Indore      23,000  Mysore              70,000 Ahmedabad   24,000  Puducherry          73,000 Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore          76,000 Patna       27,000  Kochi               81,000 Surat       27,000  Thiruvananthapuram  86,000 Mumbai      31,000  Goa                 55,000 Pune        32,000  Gwalior             15,000 Kolkata     34,000  Guwahati            59,000 (PTI)
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