Freight rates for select destinations up

NEW DELHI, Sept 12:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select Southern destinations rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following pick up in cargo movements along with tight trucks position.
Transporters said tight availability of trucks in the markets against better cargo movements, mainly pushed up freight rates for some destinations.
Capital to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi freight rates up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 79,000 and Rs 71,000.
Rates to Coimbatore and Mysore also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 69,000 and Rs 65,000.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      14,000  Hyderabad           54,000 Chandigarh  16,000  Vijayawada          56,000 Ludhiana    17,000  Bengaluru           60,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             63,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              65,000 Ahmedabad   22,000  Puducherry          66,000 Baroda      25,000  Coimbatore          69,000 Patna       27,000  Kochi               71,000 Surat       26,000  Thiruvananthapuram  79,000 Mumbai      27,000  Goa                 50,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             14,000 Kolkata     29,000  Guwahati            54,000. (PTI)