Freight rates remain flat

NEW DELHI, Oct 19:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section showed a flat trend at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following easy availability of trucks against restricted cargo movements.

Transporters said adequate position of trucks in the markets against cargo movements, mainly held freight rates around overnight levels.

Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      17,000  Hyderabad           60,000 Chandigarh  18,000  Vijayawada          62,000 Ludhiana    19,000  Bengaluru           65,000 Kanpur      21,000  Chennai             68,000 Indore      25,000  Mysore              71,000 Ahmedabad   23,000  Puducherry          74,000 Baroda      27,000  Coimbatore          78,000 Patna       29,000  Kochi               81,000 Surat       30,000  Thiruvananthapuram  87,000 Mumbai      33,000  Goa                 58,000 Pune        35,000  Gwalior             14,000 Kolkata     35,000  Guwahati            61,000 (PTI)