Platform as a service (PaaS) services featuring a platform for measuring, tracking and monitoring vehicles and assets in the global trade of physical goods, including maritime trade; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for route management and optimization for vehicles and assets in the field of worldwide fleet management; online non-downloadable software and data feeds for real-time representation of shipping routes and shipping related data; online non-downloadable software for data benchmarking in relation to maritime freight and shipping routes, rates, and risk; online non-downloadable software for the evaluation of alternative transport options with variations in vehicle class, cargo and route; online non-downloadable software that provides instruction and information on how to optimize the utilization of transport vehicles; platform as a services (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for use in database management; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for the evaluation of alternative transport options with variations in vehicle class, cargo and route.