1. A transportation management system for retrieving transportation information related to a shipment of goods, the transportation management system comprising: a connection cache configured to store connection-relevant transportation information for transportation objects, the connection-relevant transportation information having been replicated from at least one of a plurality of transportation object sources, the plurality of transportation object sources including at least a first database storing schedules, a second database storing freight bookings, and a third database storing freight orders; and a connection cache access engine configured to receive transportation parameters including at least a first location and a second location, and query the connection cache to dynamically select one or more transportation objects from the connection cache related to at least one of the schedules, the freight bookings, and the freight orders, that are relevant for the first location and the second location.