Freight rates remain flat

NEW DELHI, Aug 12: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section have not showed any huge fluctuations hovered around overnight levels at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following sufficient availability of trucks against cargo movements.
Transporters said easy position of trucks in the markets largely held freight rates at overnight levels.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      16,000  Hyderabad           58,000 Chandigarh  17,000  Vijayawada          60,000 Ludhiana    19,000  Bengaluru           66,000 Kanpur      22,000  Chennai             69,000 Indore      23,000  Mysore              70,000 Ahmedabad   24,000  Puducherry          72,000 Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore          75,000 Patna       27,000  Kochi               81,000 Surat       27,000  Thiruvananthapuram  85,000 Mumbai      30,000  Goa                 56,000 Pune        32,000  Gwalior             15,000 Kolkata     34,000  Guwahati            59,000 (PTI)