Multipurpose (MPP) shipping faces a bleak 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, says Drewry Shipping Consultants, but demand growth for breakbulk and project cargo can stay positive although weak if the outbreak is contained by the fourth quarter.
With so much uncertainty at present about how long and how deep the economic effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will be, Drewry hedges its bets with three possible outcomes in its latest Multipurpose Shipping Forecaster report.
