Assessments of average spot rates for capesize spot rates have jumped up by just over 12%, the second highest daily increase on record.
Baltic Exchange panellists on Friday added an extra $5,021 to the capesize 5TC assessment, the weighted average of spot rates across five key benchmark routes.
The basket assessment was put at $46,172 per day on Friday.
The largest daily increase in the assessment happened on 18 June last year, when it rose by $6,244, based on its current methodology.
