Information retrieval services featuring data concerning railroad freight cars in North America; providing on-line import and export data processing services; business services, namely, providing computer databases regarding freight transportation and freight transportation logistics, global trade activity of companies, import/export of products; providing on-line news and information in the fields of railroad business and suppliers thereto; commercial information in the field of global trade activity, import/export of products and freight transportation; providing electronic databases in the field of global trade activity, import/export of products and freight transportation logistics; providing conferences and exhibitions for commercial purposes in the field of project cargo and other non-container shipping transportation; providing an online electronic database in the field of maritime information and ship sailing schedules; business information services related to international trade and transportation services provided on-line from databases or via a global computer network