Freight rates fall on easy position of trucks

NEW DELHI, Mar 17: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section came down by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following excess availability of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said apart from easy availability of trucks in the market, restricted cargo movements pulled down the freight rates.
Capital to Patna and Guwahati freight rates went down by Rs 1000 each to Rs 26,000 and Rs 60,000.
Rates to Jaipur, Ludhiana and Kanpur also moved down by Rs 500 each to Rs 17,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 2,1000.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur              17,000      Hyderabad             55,000 Chandigarh      19,000      Vijayawada            57,000 Ludhiana        20,000      Bengaluru               60,000 Kanpur          21,000      Chennai                 62,000 Indore              22,000      Mysore                  64,000 Ahmedabad       23,000      Puducherry            66,000 Baroda          25,000      Coimbatore            68,000 Patna               26,000     Kochi                   71,000 Surat               27,000      Thiruvananthapuram80,000 Mumbai          29,000      Goa                     58,000 Pune                30,000      Gwalior                 15,000 Kolkata             32,000      Guwahati                60,000 (PTI)