Freight rates fall on excess position of trucks

NEW DELHI, July 29:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations dropped Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following comfortable position of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said, besides excess position of trucks in the market, tight cargo movements, mainly pulled down freight rates for select destinations.
Delhi to Jaipur, Chandigarh and Gwalior freight rates moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 13,000, Rs 14,000 and Rs 11,000, respectively.
Rates to Kanpur, Ludhiana, Kochi and Baroda also went down to Rs 18,000, Rs 16,000, Rs 70,000 and Rs 21,000, respectively.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          13,000      Hyderabad               55,000 Chandigarh      14,000      Vijayawada              57,000 Ludhiana        16,000      Bengaluru               60,000 Kanpur          18,000      Chennai                 62,000 Indore          20,000      Mysore                  63,000 Ahmedabad       19,000      Puducherry              65,000 Baroda          21,000      Coimbatore              67,000 Patna           23,000      Kochi                   70,000 Surat           23,000      Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai          24,000      Goa                     57,000 Pune            25,000      Gwalior                 11,000 Kolkata         27,000      Guwahati                59,000 (PTI)