UBM Global Trade is a leading information provider to the global trade, transportation and travel market with comprehensive proprietary data, news and analytical content. Its brands include The Journal of Commerce

The Journal of Commerce

The Journal of Commerce is a weekly magazine published in the United States that focuses on trade topics. First published in 1827, the Journal has a circulation of approximately 15,000...

, PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service

PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service

PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service is a brand of UBM Global Trade, headquartered in Newark, NJ with multiple offices throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. UBM Global Trade is a division of United Business Media, headquartered in London with £889.2 million revenue in 2010...

 and a number of directory databases covering the international trade, railroad and trucking markets. The company also produces more than 12 conferences serving international trade and maritime markets.

UBM Global Trade is a division of United Business Media

United Business Media

UBM plc is a magazine publisher, news distributor and events organiser providing business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries...

, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services.

History

UBM acquired Commonwealth Business Media in 2006. In December 2008, UBM Global Trade was created as an independent division of United Business Media (UBM), which restructured from what was previously known as Commonwealth Business Media into two independent operating divisions of UBM:

• UBM Global Trade – with a focus on serving professional communities engaged in commercial sea, rail and road transportation and logistics worldwide.
• UBM Aviation
  UBM Aviation
  UBM Aviation is a business providing data, analytics, consulting, media and event services to the air transport industry, principally the passenger aviation, air cargo logistics, maintenance repair & overhaul and business travel sectors...
  
  – with a focus on serving the global commercial aviation industry

In May, 2010 UBM acquired CenTradeX Inc., a provider of market intelligence tools, on behalf of UBM Global Trade's PIERS Global Trade Intelligence business.