Freight rates fall on excess truck position

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

Transporters said, besides excess position of trucks in the market, tight cargo movements, mainly pulled down freight rates for select destinations.

Freight rates fall on excess position of trucks

Delhi to Jaipur, Chandigarh and Gwalior freight rates moved down by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 13,000, Rs 14,000 and Rs 11,000, respectively.

Rates to Kanpur, Ludhiana, Kochi and Baroda also went down to Rs 18,000, Rs 16,000, Rs 70,000 and Rs 21,000, respectively.

Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 13,000 Hyderabad 55,000 Chandigarh 14,000 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 16,000 Bengaluru 60,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 20,000 Mysore 63,000 Ahmedabad 19,000 Puducherry 65,000 Baroda 21,000 Coimbatore 67,000 Patna 23,000 Kochi 70,000 Surat 23,000 Thiruvananthapuram 80,000 Mumbai 24,000 Goa 57,000 Pune 25,000 Gwalior 11,000 Kolkata 27,000 Guwahati 59,000

Source: https://goo.gl/9z91j7