Mumbai, Pune freight rates up on busy cargo movements

New Delhi, Jan 1: Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section to Mumbai, Pune rose by Rs 1,000 in local truck transport market today following busy cargo movemnts amidst shortage of trucks.

Transporters said less availability of trucks against increased cargo movements, mainly pushed up Pune, Mumbai rates. Delhi to Mumbai and Pune freight rates moved up by Rs.1000 each to Rs.27,000 and Rs.28,000.

Following are today's freights per nine-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 54,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 57,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bangalore 64,000 Kanpur 18,000 Chennai 63,000 Indore 18,000 Mysore 69,000 Ahmedabad 19,000 Pondicherry 64,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 67,000 Patna 25,000 Kochi 73,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 27,000 Goa 49,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 13,500 Kolkata 28,000 Guwahati 51,000.

PTI