Freight rates fall on tight movements, position of trucks

Freight rates for the nine-tonne payload section for select centres dropped by Rs 1000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following tight cargo movements amid huge position of trucks.

Transporters said insufficient cargo movements and heavy availability of trucks mainly pulled down some of the centres freight rates.

Delhi to Goa, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry and Mysore freight rates dropped by Rs 1000 each to Rs 59,000, Rs 82,000, Rs 67,000, Rs 66,000.

Rates to Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Surat also moved down by Rs 1000 each to Rs 62,000, Rs 64,000, Rs 30,000, Rs 28,000 and Rs 26,000.

Following are today's freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 18,000 Hyderabad 57,000 Chandigarh 20,000 Vijayawada 59,000 Ludhiana 19,000 Bengaluru 62,000 Kanpur 21,000 Chennai 64,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 66,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 67,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 70,000 Patna 26,000 Kochi 73,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai 28,000 Goa 59,000 Pune 30,000 Gwalior 14,500 Kolkata 33,000 Guwahati 62,000

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