Freights fall on easy availability of trucks

NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Freight rates for nine-tonne load for select destinations declined by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today on easy availability of trucks as compared to cargo movements.
Transporters said ample position of trucks against cargo movements pulled down freight rates for select destinations.
Freight rates from Delhi to Chennai and Pondicherry fell by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 70,000 and Rs 71,000, respectively.
Rates to Coimbatore and Guwahati also moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 72,000 and Rs 54,000.
The following are today’s freights per 10-tonne load: Jaipur      19,500  Hyderabad   58,000
Chandigarh  20,500  Vijayawada  60,000
Ludhiana    21,500  Bangalore   68,000
Kanpur      22,000  Chennai     70,000
Indore      23,000  Mysore      72,000
Ahmedabad   25,000  Pondicherry 71,000
Baroda      26,000  Coimbatore  72,000
Patna       29,000  Kochi       78,000
Surat       28,000  Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai      30,000  Goa         54,000
Pune        33,000  Gwalior     13,000
Kolkata     32,000  Guwahati    55,000. (AGENCIES)