Online provision of applications and web-based software for planning, simulating, optimizing and providing information on freight transportation by vehicles, including trains; the provision of web-based software to be used by others for planning, simulating, optimizing and providing information on freight transportation by vehicles including trains; designing or hosting an on-line portal service used for the provision of web-based software for planning, simulating, optimizing and providing information on freight transportation by vehicles including trains; the provision of web-based software enabling users to optimize freight transportation trips, including forensic and simulation tools