Freight rates for select centres dip on excess trucks position

Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations eased by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following excess position of trucks against tight cargo movements.

Transporters said besides, easy position of trucks agaisnt restricted cargo movements pulled down freight rates for select destinations.

Delhi to Indore, Baroda and Pune freight rates were down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 20,500, Rs 2,300 and Rs 29,000.

Rates to Mumbai, Mysore and Puducherry also went down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 28,000, Rs 67,000 and Rs 69,000.

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 20,500 Mysore 67,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 69,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 74,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 79,000 Surat 27,000 Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai 28,000 Goa 56,000 Pune 29,000 Gwalior 15,000 Kolkata 31,000 Guwahati 59,000

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