Guwahati, Goa freight dip on excess trucks position

NEW DELHI, Oct 10:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Guwhati and Goa dropped by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following excess position of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said easy availability of trucks as compared to restricted cargo movements mainly led to decline in Goa and Guwahati freight rates.
Delhi to Goa and Guwahati freight rates moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 49,000 and Rs 52,000.
Elsewhere, other centres freight rates ruled flat on small support.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur      13,000  Hyderabad           52,000 Chandigarh  14,000  Vijayawada          54,000 Ludhiana    17,000  Bengaluru           59,000 Kanpur      19,000  Chennai             61,000 Indore      20,000  Mysore              63,000 Ahmedabad   21,000  Puducherry          65,000 Baroda      24,000  Coimbatore          68,000 Patna       26,000  Kochi               70,000 Surat       26,000  Thiruvananthapuram  78,000 Mumbai      28,000  Goa                 49,000 Pune        28,000  Gwalior             12,000 Kolkata     30,000  Guwahati            52,000 (PTI)