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)