Freight rates settle flat

NEW DELHI, Sept 9:  Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section ended on a steady note at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on restricted cargo movements against adequate availability of trucks.
Transporters said besides restricted cargo movements, easy availability of trucks mainly kept freight rates at last levels.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          14,500      Hyderabad               58,000 Chandigarh      16,500      Vijayawada              60,000 Ludhiana        18,000      Bengaluru               63,000 Kanpur          20,500      Chennai                 64,000 Indore          22,000      Mysore                  65,000 Ahmedabad       20,000      Puducherry              67,000 Baroda          22,000      Coimbatore              72,000 Patna           26,000      Kochi                   74,000 Surat           25,000      Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai          28,000      Goa                     58,000 Pune            31,000      Gwalior                 12,000 Kolkata         30,000      Guwahati                60,000 (PTI)