Select freight rates up on tight position of trucks

Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section advanced by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today on tight position of trucks against pick up in cargo movements.

Transporters said, paucity of trucks in the market as compared to increased cargo movements, led to rise in freight rates for select destinations.

Delhi to Surat, Baroda and Mysore freight rates moved up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 27,000, Rs 24,000 and Rs 68,000, respectively.

Rates to Guwahati, Kochi and Vijayawada also went up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 79,000 and Rs 59,000, respectively.

Following are today's freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 15,000 Hyderabad 56,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bengaluru 63,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 65,000 Indore 21,000 Mysore 68,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 70,000 Baroda 24,000 Coimbatore 74,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 79,000 Surat 27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai 29,000 Goa 56,000 Pune 30,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 31,000 Guwahati 59,000

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