Freight rates remain flat

NEW DELHI, May 17: Freight rates for nine-tonne payload section remained unchanged at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on adequate position of trucks against tight cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks coupled with restricted cargo movements, mainly kept freight rates at previous levels.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          16,000      Hyderabad               58,000 Chandigarh      17,000      Vijayawada              61,000 Ludhiana        18,000      Bengaluru               65,000 Kanpur          20,000      Chennai                 66,000 Indore          21,000      Mysore                  67,000 Ahmedabad       23,000      Puducherry              70,000 Baroda          25,000      Coimbatore              74,000 Patna           27,000      Kochi                   80,000 Surat           28,000      Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai          31,000      Goa                     58,000 Pune            31,000      Gwalior                 15,000 Kolkata         33,000      Guwahati                61,000 (PTI)
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