Freight rates down on easy truck positions; diesel prices cut

Freight rates for nine-tonne pay load section eased up to Rs 1,000 in the local truck transport market today due easy availability of trucks amid cut in diesel prices.

Transporters said besides easy availability of trucks, cut in diesel prices by oil companies mainly weighed on freight rates.

In Delhi, diesel will now cost Rs 48.26 a litre, the lowest since April 2013, as against Rs 50.51.

Delhi to Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Pondicherry rates dropped by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 54,000, Rs 63,000 and Rs 64,000.

Vijaywada, Chennai, Mysore and Kochi freight rates asked lower by Rs 1,000 each to Rs 56,000, Rs 62,000, Rs 68,000 and Rs 73,000.

Freights to Goa, Coimbatore, Patna, Kolkata and Kanpur also lost Rs 1,000 each at Rs 48,000, Rs 68,000, Rs 24,000, Rs 29,000, Rs 17,000.

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

Jaipur 14,000 Hyderabad 54,000 Chandigarh 16,000 Vijayawada 56,000 Ludhiana 17,000 Bangalore 63,000 Kanpur 17,000 Chennai 62,000 Indore 19,000 Mysore 68,000 Ahmedabad 21,000 Pondicherry 64,000 Baroda 23,000 Coimbatore 68,000 Patna 24,000 Kochi 73,000 Surat 25,000 Thiruvananthapuram 77,000 Mumbai 26,000 Goa 48,000 Pune 28,000 Gwalior 14,000 Kolkata 29,000 Guwahati 50,000.