Freight rates fall on less cargo movements

NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Freight rates for the nine-metric tonne pay load section declined by Rs 1,000 at the local truck transport market in the national capital following excess position of trucks against restricted cargo movements.
Transporters said heavy availability of trucks in the market along with reduced cargo movements mainly pulled down some freight rates.
Capital to Jaipur, Gwalior and Kanpur freight rates moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 17,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 21,000.
Rates to Ahmedabad, Patna, Surat and Mumbai also went down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 22,000, Rs 29,000, Rs 27,000 and Rs 29,000.
Following are today’s freight rates per nine-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur              17,000      Hyderabad        56,000 Chandigarh         18,000      Vijayawada       59,000 Ludhiana               20,000      Bengaluru        62,000 Kanpur              21,000      Chennai        64,000
Indore               22,000      Mysore        66,000
Ahmedabad          22,000    Puducherry     68,000 Baroda              25,000      Coimbatore     71,000 Patna                29,000     Kochi            76,000 Surat                27,000      Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai                 29,000    Goa            59,000 Pune                 31,000      Gwalior         15,000 Kolkata              33,000      Guwahati        61,000 (PTI)