Freight rates rule flat on some support

NEW DELHI, May 3:  Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section ruled flat at the local truck transport market in the national capital today following comfortable position of trucks amid sufficient movements of cargo.
Transporters said besides restricted movements of cargo, easy availability of trucks in the markets mainly held freight rates around overnight levels.
Following are today’s freights per 9-tonne load (in Rs): Jaipur          16,000      Hyderabad               56,000 Chandigarh      17,000      Vijayawada              59,000 Ludhiana        18,000      Bengaluru               63,000 Kanpur          18,000      Chennai                 65,000 Indore          20,000      Mysore                  67,000 Ahmedabad       22,000      Puducherry              69,000 Baroda          24,000      Coimbatore              74,000 Patna           26,000      Kochi                   79,000 Surat           28,000      Thiruvananthapuram 84,000 Mumbai          29,000      Goa                     56,000 Pune            30,000      Gwalior                 15,000 Kolkata         31,000      Guwahati                59,000 (PTI)
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