Pictures From Hong Kong
A Taoist temple
A traditional fishing village
A giant statue of Buddha
Scaffolding in Asia is often made of bamboo
Some of the islands of Hong Kong
Hundreds of cranes like these at the port
Beautiful nature
Hong Kong
Here is our cruise ship. Our cabin is the one with the window 2nd from the back. We expected something a bit more luxurious, but such is life, I suppose.
Going to explore Hong Kong for the day. This is an overview.
Big container ports. 20 million containers a year pass through here.
But that dwarfs the number of visitors to Hong Kong each year — 45 million.
A new airport and a bustling city. These are a couple of famous pics of how airplanes used to land at the old airport in Hong Kong “back in the day” 🙂
Looks like the ship has docked right into the city 🙂
“Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”, Noel Coward wrote after seeing colonial life in Hong Kong. Hot for sure. But cool too.
The British Governors are long gone, but they surely left a lasting influence.
Impressive city. Tonight we push off for Taiwan.
Onward! -JB
Viking Japan Cruise
All,
Just headed out for a 2-week Viking cruise from Hong Kong to Tokyo. As those who have followed Berlin’s Wall for a while, you might remember some of my earlier cruise adventures–snakes, spiders, Pyramids, castles, forts, and, oh yeah, getting swept overboard into the Atlantic Ocean.
This trip may be tamer.😉
The bad news is that the frigging flight from JFK to Hong Kong takes 16 hours. That is a LONG time to be stuck in a seat, even for someone without ADD 🙂
(The good news is that they don’t have hockey on TV here in Hong Kong–winter sport/no winters here) so I am getting spared from watching my Sabres get demolished by the Montreal Canadians)
We got in around 9:30 last night and will board the ship this morning, so we won’t get to see much of Hong Kong. I’ve been here a few times, both for work and to visit Derek when he worked and lived here for JPMorgan Chase. It’s an incredible place. Very compact but home to 7.5 million people (just under NYC’s population and double LA’s). Yet somehow the city is safe. It is quiet. And it is super clean. We should figure out how there is no garbage on the streets anywhere here and try to see if we can improve the look and feel of our cities. With 7.5 million people, you’d think there would be trash everywhere, but I took a walk around at 3 am this morning (jetlag) and 1. Safe and 2. Clean.
Interesting. I’ll report more as we go.
In the words of the ex-CEO and now inimitable “Chairman” of LP…
Onward! -Jim Berlin
PS–Happy Mother’s Day to all you lovely LP moms 😘
Logistics Plus Ireland Handles Complex Data Center Project
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Guidance and Update Regarding IEEPA Tariff Refunds (5/7/26)
Guidance and Action Plan Regarding IEEPA Tariff Refunds (5/7/26)
TL;DR 👉 Court of International Trade – CIT, ruled today that the Administration exceeded the authority granted under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 because the government failed to demonstrate the kind of “balance of payments” emergency the statute requires. Estimates suggest the Section 122 tariffs were expected to generate anywhere from $30-50 billion during the 150-day term they can be used. We are expecting a government appeal and eventual argument in front of SCOTUS.
Needless to say, this adds more uncertainty and complexity to an already-stressed global trade environment. We will continue to keep you posted on developments in this case and on all relevant issues regarding international trade.
You can view the integral version of the verdict here.
As always, Logistics Plus is here to support you through this process.
