Freight rates up on busy cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Feb 17:Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations rose by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following busy cargo movements along with short position of trucks.
Transporters said thin availability of trucks in the market along with better cargo movements mainly led to rise in freight rates.
Delhi to Vijayawada Chennai Puducherry and Coimbatore freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 58,000, Rs 63,000, Rs 67,000 and Rs 70,000.
Rates for Mumbai, Surat, Bengaluru, Mysore and Kochi also went up by Rs 1000 each to Rs 27,000, Rs 26,000, Rs 61,000, Rs 65,000 and Rs 73,000.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs):
Jaipur          17,000      Hyderabad             56,000 Chandigarh      19,000      Vijayawada            58,000 Ludhiana        20,000      Bengaluru               61,000 Kanpur          21,000      Chennai                 63,000 Indore          22,000      Mysore                  65,000 Ahmedabad      22,000      Puducherry            67,000 Baroda          24,000      Coimbatore            70,000 Patna         27,000     Kochi                   73,000 Surat           26,000      Thiruvananthapuram81,000 Mumbai          27,000      Goa                     59,000 Pune            29,000      Gwalior                 14,000 Kolkata         32,000      Guwahati                60,000 (PTI)
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