2009 Events Examples 
Freightos
APRIL 24, 2016
Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Loading and unloading was particularly troublesome. Significance.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 11, 2022
11 th in 2009 and subsequently adopted by other e-commerce platforms and retailers. For example, the gross merchandise volume of Alibaba Tmall has increased from $5 billion in 2013 to $78 billion in 2020 as below chart. In the past the event was only held on Nov.11 This year’s event featured two sales windows on Nov.1-3
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Trinity Logistics
AUGUST 23, 2024
I can answer some of those questions and share with you my thoughts, experiences, and observations of this impactful event in LTL history. It almost put them into filing for bankruptcy in 2009. Is the last time we’ll see an industry-shaking event in the LTL space? Likely not.
Freightos
JANUARY 12, 2016
For forwarders, just as the 2009 financial crisis ended, another crisis began. Take for example, freight tracking technology. Accurate event information and exception notification started relatively recently as an expensive value-add that few forwarders could offer and few shippers could afford. Declining Freight Rates.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier. The folks from Manugistics left not knowing how they would get back home to Maryland, and I joined my colleagues next door at the Hilton to watch the events on TV. Author’s Note: Today is September 11.
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 22, 2022
Ahead of the WOF SUMMIT , which takes place in Vienna on 4 th -5 th May, we caught up with Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group Christoph Grasl and asked him about this inaugural event. From 2009 he became MD of one of the leading air and sea cargo forwarders in Austria and had the Regional Director role for Central Eastern Europe.
Logistics Business Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.
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