[jason taylor]

Intersteller Journal of Trade:

Sponsored by the Hortelez et Cie, this is a clearing house of economic information. It provides market analysis all through charted space.

One of it's more obscure services is tracking the paths of containers to their end user. Subscribers can pay a fee for the location of containers that have been shipped. In turn handlers are paid fees for reporting them to the IJT office. This service is often contracted by someone who wishes to locate middlemen for the purpose of cutting out as many as possible. Obviously with the immense trade volume finding them is a lottery. But finding just a portion is useful intelligence. Similarly and if known, the history of transiting shipments will be reported on request unless those shipments are confidential.