Freight rates decline on excess trucks position

NEW DELHI, Juyl 12:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations eased by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market today following excess enquiries by truck operators against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks in the markets along with rsetricted cargo movements, mainly weighed on freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to Jaipur, Ludhiana, Indore and Chandigarh freight rates were down by Rs 500 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 22,000, Rs 23,000 and Rs 21,000.
Freight rates for Vijaywada, Banglore, Gwaalior and Mysore also eased by Rs 500 each to Rs 62,000, Rs 65,000, Rs 16,000 and Rs 71,000.
Following are today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur      20,000  Hyderabad           60,000 Chandigarh  21,000  Vijayawada          62,000 Ludhiana    22,000  Bangalore           65,000 Kanpur      23,000  Chennai         67,000 Indore      23,000  Mysore              71,000 Ahmedabad   24,000  Pondicherry         70,000 Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore          73,000 Patna       28,000  Kochi               76,000 Surat       28,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      30,000  Goa                 57,000 Pune        31,000  Gwalior             16,000 Kolkata     33,000  Guwahati            55,000. (PTI)