Freight rates decline on excess position of trucks

Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section for select destinations dropped by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following huge position of trucks amid restricted cargo movements.

Transporters said large positions of trucks in the market against reduced cargo movements caused the fall in some of centres freight rates.

Delhi to Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Goa and Kochi moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 72,000, Rs 63,000, Rs 61,000 and Rs 75,000.

Rates to Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad and Baroda also went down by Rs 1000 each to Rs 30,000, Rs 27,000, Rs 22,000 and Rs 23,000.

Following are today's freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 17,000 Hyderabad 59,000 Chandigarh 19,000 Vijayawada 61,000 Ludhiana 19,000 Bengaluru 63,000 Kanpur 20,000 Chennai 65,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 67,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 70,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 72,000 Patna 27,000 Kochi 75,000 Surat 27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai 30,000 Goa 61,000 Pune 32,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 34,000 Guwahati 62,000

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