Tracking and management of commercial transactions on a global computer network, namely, providing a commodities tracking and information service through a global network for exchange-based market and cash-market commodities transactions involving support of the movement and ownership of commodities between and among industry participants; records management services, namely, providing and maintaining electronic documents relating to the shipment, payment and financing of commodities in commerce; business information management featuring exchange-based market and cash-market commodities transactions involving support of the movement and ownership of commodities between and among industry participants