Freight rates remain flat on some support

NEW DELHI, May 7: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section ruled flat at the local truck transport market today following ample availability of trucks against limited cargo movements.
Transporters said comfortable position of trucks and restricted cargo movements managed to keep freight rates at last levels.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur              17,000      Hyderabad             58,000 Chandigarh      19,000      Vijayawada            60,000 Ludhiana        20,000      Bengaluru               61,000 Kanpur              22,000      Chennai                 63,000 Indore              23,000      Mysore                  67,000 Ahmedabad       24,000      Puducherry            65,000 Baroda              26,000      Coimbatore            71,000 Patna               29,000     Kochi                   76,000 Surat               28,000      Thiruvananthapuram79,000 Mumbai          30,000      Goa                     62,000 Pune                31,000      Gwalior                 15,000 Kolkata             33,000      Guwahati                61,000 (PTI)
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