Truck freight rates for select southern destinations rises

Truck Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section for select destinations rose by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today on increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks.

Transporters said increased cargo movements against tight availability of trucks mainly led to the rise in select southern destinations’ freight rates.

Freight rates from Delhi to Mysore, Coimbatore and Kochi were up by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 68,000, Rs 71,000 and Rs 73,000, respectively.

Following are today’s freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs):

Jaipur-17,500, Hyderabad-58,000, Chandigarh-18,500, Vijayawada-60,000 Ludhiana-19,500  Bangalore-65,000, Kanpur-20,000, Chennai-65,000, Indore-22,000, Mysore-68,000, Ahmedabad-24,000, Pondicherry-66,000, Baroda-27,000, Coimbatore-71,000, Patna-29,000, Kochi-73,000, Surat-27,000, Thiruvananthapuram-79,000, Mumbai-29,000, Goa-53,000, Pune-31,000, Gwalior-15,000, Kolkata-33,000,  Guwahati-54,000.