The millions of people who rely on medical devices like hearing aids or insulin pumps could face higher prices due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Unlike pharmaceutical companies, medical device makers did not get a carveout from the levies. Some 40% of all devices are manufactured overseas, including in Mexico and Europe, which now face…
CK Hutchison will not sign a deal as scheduled to sell its port operations near the Panama Canal to a U.S. investor and Swedish shipping line. The Hong Kong conglomerate (OTC: CKHUF) controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing on March 4 announced an agreement to sell control of its Hutchison Port Holdings marine terminals outside China…
Hong Kong has awarded Singapore’s Mapletree Investments a 50-year land grant to a parcel of land in the New Territories for about HK$3.68 billion (US$473 million), according to the Lands Department on Tuesday. Mapletree’s unit Titanium 2 was the sole bidder for the 44,318-square-metre (477,000 sq ft) logistics site in Tsing Yi following a tender…
The United States Postal Service is looking to hire in the Tennessee Valley. As part of the 10-year-plan “Delivering for America” the USPS is looking for Rural Carrier Associates. Job fairs will be held from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the following locations: Hixson Post Office, 302 Northgate Mall Dr., Hixson, TN – Feb. 19 Ooltewah…
Aframax oil tankers that serviced crude oil exports from Russia’s western ports are now being redirected to the Russian Far East-China route to service the exports of Russia’s ESPO crude, a favorite with Chinese refiners, Bloomberg reports, citing shipbroker and ship-tracking data. The Biden Administration’s final sanctions on Russian oil trade were the most aggressive…
Hong Kong’s standing as an aviation and maritime hub was dealt a severe blow by the Covid-19 pandemic, China’s economic downturn and intensifying competition. Now, it faces another challenge: green fuel. The city trails regional rival Singapore on policies and supply chain development for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the most feasible decarbonisation solution for the…
Hong Kong’s standing as an aviation and maritime hub was dealt a severe blow by the Covid-19 pandemic, China’s economic downturn and intensifying competition. Now, it faces another challenge: green fuel. The city trails regional rival Singapore on policies and supply chain development for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the most feasible decarbonisation solution for the…
Hong Kong has put up a second parcel of land in Yuen Long for sale, a site earmarked for a multi-storey logistics building, while sweetening the bidding terms. It has also moved the deadline for the first plot to give potential buyers time to consider developing both sites. The government will sell the 77,737-square metre…