Freight rates up on tight truck position, busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Sept 16:  Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section rose by Rs 1000 at the local truck transport market today following paucity of trucks in the market amid better cargo movements.
Transporters said thin availability of trucks and increased cargo movements mainly pushed up some of centres freight rates.
Delhi to Vijayawada, Goa, Guwahati and Kolkata freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 61,000, Rs 60,000, Rs 62,000 and Rs 31,000.
Rates to Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Surat and Baroda also went up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 73,000, Rs 81,000, Rs 29,000, Rs 27,000 and Rs 21,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          14,500      Hyderabad               58,000 Chandigarh      16,500      Vijayawada              61,000 Ludhiana        18,000      Bengaluru               64,000 Kanpur          20,500      Chennai                 65,000 Indore          22,000      Mysore                  66,000 Ahmedabad       21,000      Puducherry              68,000 Baroda          22,000      Coimbatore              73,000 Patna           26,000      Kochi                   75,000 Surat           27,000      Thiruvananthapuram     81,000 Mumbai          29,000      Goa                     60,000 Pune            31,000      Gwalior                 12,000 Kolkata         31,000      Guwahati                62,000 (PTI)