Freight rates up on tight trucks position

NEW DELHI, Sept 23:  Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section for select destinations were higher by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport in the national capital today on shortage of trucks in the market amid pick up in cargo movements.
Transporters said fresh movements of cargo against tight positions of trucks, mainly pushed up freight rates for select centres.
Delhi to Kolkata, Surat and Mumbai freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 33,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 30,000.
Rates to Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry and Goa freight rates also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 77,000, Rs 83,000, Rs 70,000 and Rs 61,000.
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                 66,000 Indore          22,000      Mysore                  67,000 Ahmedabad       21,000      Puducherry              70,000 Baroda          22,000      Coimbatore              73,000 Patna           27,000      Kochi                   77,000 Surat           28,000      Thiruvananthapuram 83,000 Mumbai          30,000      Goa                     61,000 Pune            31,000      Gwalior                 12,000 Kolkata         33,000      Guwahati                62,000 (PTI)