Freight rates end steady

NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section showed a steady trend at the local trucks transport market in the national capital today on restricted cargo movements against adequate availability of trucks.
Transporters said restricted cargo movements against excess availability of trucks mainly kept freight rates at previous levels.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          17,500      Hyderabad               58,000 Chandigarh      19,500      Vijayawada              60,000 Ludhiana        19,000      Bengaluru               63,000 Kanpur          20,500      Chennai                 65,000 Indore          22,000      Mysore                  67,000 Ahmedabad       22,000      Puducherry              69,000 Baroda          23,000      Coimbatore              71,000 Patna           27,000      Kochi                   74,000 Surat           27,000      Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai          30,000      Goa                     61,000 Pune            32,000      Gwalior                 14,500 Kolkata         34,000      Guwahati                62,000 (PTI)
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