In light of the covid-19 pandemic and the shift to online meeting, the Vancouver Shipping Lunch, decided to move to a virtual Webinar on June 18. The webinar featured three speakers who gave very informative presentations: Mr. Rick Mackenzie, Vice President of RBC Global Asset Management, offered the Bank’s thoughts on the global economy, and thoughts on the path to recovery; Mr. Peter Amat, General Manager of Pacific Basin Shipping (Canada) Limited, focused on the Handymax and Supramax drybulk market update during the pandemic and its impact and also its outlook; and, Mr. Robert Lewis-Manning, president of Chamber of Shipping of BC, talked about impact of the Pandemic on our Canadian maritime policy and the government’s solution to deal with pandemic. With 76 registrants, the free event garnered a number of interesting questions. The event was recorded and can be accessed here. Password: 0w+^r+*4
