Freight rates up on increase in cargo movements

Freight rates for the ten metric tonne load section for select destinations hardened by Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today following busy movements of cargo against tight position of trucks.

Transporters said fresh supply of cargo along with short availability of trucks into the market, mainly pushed up some of centres freight rates.

Freight rates from Delhi to Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad rose by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 21000 and Rs 13,000 respectively.

Patna, Kolkata and Surat freights also gained by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 20,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 18,000. Rates to chennai, Bangalore and Gwalior also went up by Rs 500 each to Rs 43,000, Rs 44,000 and Rs 9,000.

Following are today's rates for load of 10 per tonnes:
Ahmedabad   13,000
Hyderabad   32,000
Mumbai      20,000
Vijayawada  34,000
Baroda      15,000
Chennai     43,000
Pune        20,000
Bangalore   44,000
Surat       18,000
Mysore      46,000
Kanpur      11,500
Pondicherry 47,000
Kolkata     25,000
Coimbatore  49,000
Ludhiana    11,000
Kochi       52,000
Chandigarh   10,000
Thiruvananthapuram 59,000
Jaipur       9,500
Goa         34,000
Indore      12,500
Gwalior      9,000
Patna       20,000
Guwahati    40,000