Freight rates for select southern destinations rise

NEW DELHI, Sept 27: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today on increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks.

Transporters said increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks mainly led to the rise in select southern destinations’ freight rates.

Freight rates from Delhi to Mysore, Coimbatore and Kochi were up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 68,000, Rs 71,000 and Rs 73,000, respectively.

Following are today’s freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):

Jaipur     17,500 Hyderabad           58,000 Chandigarh 18,500 Vijayawada         60,000 Ludhiana   19,500 Bangalore           65,000 Kanpur     20,000 Chennai             65,000 Indore     22,000 Mysore             68,000 Ahmedabad   24,000 Pondicherry         66,000 Baroda     27,000 Coimbatore         71,000 Patna       29,000 Kochi               73,000 Surat       27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 79,000 Mumbai     29,000 Goa                53,000 Pune       31,000 Gwalior             15,000 Kolkata     33,000 Guwahati           54,000. (PTI)