New corona wave could hit the container sector like the financial crisis

The escalating and severe consequences of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe and the US could potentially hit the global container sector as the financial crisis did. The burgeoning recovery in China will be hit back, analyst projects.
Photo: PR / MSC
Photo: PR / MSC

Just as activities were slowly returning in China following the coronavirus outbreak, and container lines were getting ready to again soon be filling their ships leaving Asia, the escalating virus in Europe and the US now threatens to trigger much more dire consequences for the sector.

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