Select centres' freight rates fall on tight cargo movements

Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations turned weak by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market today following insufficient cargo movements amid large position of trucks.

Transporters said restricted cargo movements in view of floods in several parts along with large availability of trucks mainly pulled down freight rates of some centres.

Delhi to Guwahati, Patna and Kolkata freight rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 23,000 and Rs 27,000, respectively.

Rates to Pune, Mumbai and Coimbatore also went down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 25,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 67,000, respectively.

Following are today's freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 55,000 Chandigarh 15,000 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bengaluru 60,000 Kanpur 19,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 63,000 Ahmedabad 19,000 Puducherry 65,000 Baroda 22,000 Coimbatore 67,000 Patna 23,000 Kochi 71,000 Surat 23,000 Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai 24,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 25,000 Gwalior 12,000 Kolkata 27,000 Guwahati 59,000

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