Freight rates fall on excess position of trucks

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) 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 insufficient cargo movements amid ample position of trucks.

Transporters said besides large position of trucks in the market, tight cargo movements mainly led to fall in freight rates for select destinations.

Delhi to Mysore, Coimbatore, Kochi and Chennai freight rates declined by Rs 1000 each to Rs 64,000, Rs 68,000, Rs 71,000 and Rs 63,000 respectively.

Freights to Guwahati, Kolkata, and Patna also moved down by Rs 1000 each to Rs 60,000, Rs 31,000 and Rs 24,000.

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 63,000 Indore 22,000 Mysore 64,000 Ahmedabad 22,000 Puducherry 67,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 68,000 Patna 24,000 Kochi 71,000 Surat 26,000 Thiruvananthapuram 82,000 Mumbai 28,000 Goa 59,000 Pune 30,000 Gwalior 14,500 Kolkata 31,000 Guwahati 60,000 PTI SDG SUN SDO ABM .

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