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Contracts and recaps are managed through our maritime contract management solution annually
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Charterer legal entities across the dry and wet markets use our contract management solution
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Broker legal entities trust our recap and charter party management solution to power their business

Discover the industry standard for contract management

Unlock operational excellence and gain a competitive edge with Sea’s contract management solution. Enjoy:

  • Smooth integration with voyage management systems
  • Streamlined workflows to securely create, edit, share, and manage contracts within a unified system
  • Instant capture of document updates to reduce shipping contract errors and minimise risk in the shipping contract
  • Seamless collaboration to avoid miscommunication, enhance governance and ensure maritime contract compliance

Strong recaps and charterparties are essential for successfully fixing freight. They set out each party’s roles and responsibilities, facilitating smooth, efficient, and compliant maritime trade. Yet traditional ship chartering contract management methods often fall short, leading to costly errors and delays.

Change is needed – and Sea is delivering it with digital contract management solutions. We are setting a new benchmark for contract management best practices for the shipping industry.

Accurate and fully compliant

Improve shipping contract compliance and dispute resolution with detailed audit trails that ensure better governance and reduce shipping contract errors

Efficient and fast

Streamline operations and reduce administrative tasks, enabling faster contract execution and data-driven decision-making.

Collaborative and accessible

All stakeholders get easy access to the latest contract information for enhanced trust, transparency, and version control.

Enhanced customer experience

Client preferences are automatically embedded into the contract creation process, ready for future negotiations. E-signature integration ensures ease and convenience.

Explore ocean freight contract management software from Sea

Sea Contract Management solution - Charterparty List

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Fast access to contracts to save you time

Search and access your charterparties and recaps from one convenient list. You can view status updates, approvals, cautions, and your favourite charterparties at a glance. Plus, draw up new agreements using templates and/or pre-defined contract clauses and guidelines.

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Full activity log for peace of mind
Unlock seamless collaboration when creating and approving recaps and charterparties. The history log tracks changes to terms and clauses – whether they are added, deleted, or edited.

Sea Contract Management solution - History Log

03.

Summary of changes for ultimate convenience

Discover the feature clients call ‘the magic button’! When viewing a charterparty/recap, click the ‘switch to summary’ button and all changes will be instantly highlighted in the document. This convenient time-saving feature helps you navigate these long documents, making contract risk management easy.

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Automatic notifications for any amendments

Keep up to date with any changes to your documents. From ‘new comment added’ to ‘approval received’, our platform allows you to choose the notifications you want to receive. Plus, you can access our contract management solution from any device, meaning you’re always in control. Combined, these features help ensure a smooth execution process.

Sea Contract Management solution - Notifications for any changes

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Vessel compliance and sanctions screening
Enhance governance, ensure shipping contract compliance and mitigate risks. In an ever-changing regulatory landscape, managing maritime regulations and processes in the wet market is more important than ever before. Our maritime contract management solution streamlines your chartering workflow to make sure you are set up for success.

Intuitive features for streamlined
sea freight contract management

Workflow & collaboration

  • Customisable, actionable dashboard​
  • Keyword search​
  • Single repository to share previous contracts and charterparties across your whole organisation​
  • Clause library for central storage of key clauses​
  • Automated email notifications​
  • Automated data population for Main Body​
  • Instant sharing of contracts with counterparties​
  • Rules-based approval process​
  • Electronic signatures (DocuSign integration)​
  • Approve changes on a “per-change bases”​

Governance & compliance

  • Integrated vessel compliance and sanctions screening​
  • High-risk clauses flagging​
  • Contract changes timestamp​
  • Audit logs​
  • Granular permission management

Integrations

  • Veson Nautical’s Q88 vessel database
  • Veson IMOS Platform
  • API integrations

Experience our Contract Management features firsthand – request an interactive demo session today.

Simplify your charterparty and recap management workflow – discover the latest features

Tailored contract management for wet and dry markets

One size rarely fits all in ocean freight. That’s why we’ve developed two powerful contract management tools, tailored to meet the unique requirements of specific maritime markets.

Recap Manager

Specially designed for the highly regulated wet tanker sector, our recap management tool features integrated vessel sanction screening – empowering charterers, brokers, and shipowners to operate with confidence while minimising compliance risk.

Sea Contracts

Custom-made for the dry bulk market, our advanced tool enables you to draft, edit, collaborate and safely store compliant/low risk charterparties.

Integrated recap and charterparty management for streamlined freight fixing

Discover shipping’s largest digital ecosystem – The Intelligent Marketplace for Fixing Freight.

Developed by our team of experts and backed by deep industry knowledge, The Intelligent Marketplace for Fixing Freight comprises three key pillars. Together, these digital tools simplify your fixture process from start to finish.

With just a single log-in you can tap into Sea’s full suite of advanced maritime software. Plus, our innovative data flywheel approach ensures data captured at each stage is automatically utilised across the platform. The result? Enhanced decision-making and improved efficiency across the board.

This isn’t just software. The Intelligent Marketplace for Fixing Freight is a smarter, more connected approach to maritime freight management.

Carbon management

intelligence and analytics

White-glove service to help you reach your business goals

  • Global support team, local availability
  • 24 hours expert support, 5 days a week
  • Shipping and digital experts for your success
  • Pro-active Customer Success team
  • Fast and efficient onboarding
  • Tailored training and onboarding of employees and counterparties
  • >95% CSAT ratings
  • Speak with real people – not robots

Easy onboarding to Contract Management

We strive to ensure our contract management tool delivers value to your business from day one. That’s why our specialist onboarding team is by your side at every step. From initial setup and data migration to training and ongoing support, we make sure your transition to Sea’s software is smooth and successful. You can read more about onboarding with Sea in our whitepaper.

Contract Management

Trusted. Proven. Secure.

Sea is the market-leading provider of contract management solutions in shipping, offering a proven and secure industry standard for charterparty and recap management – since 2016.

Our contract management solutions are trusted by some of the largest charterers, brokers, owners, and operators across the shipping industry.
It has proven successful since its launch in 2016 and officially recognised as secure with the ISO 27001 certification since 2019.

Reliable information security and data governance

  • ISO 27001 certification since 2019
  • Incident monitoring via 24/7 365 Security Operations Centre
  • Applications Pen Tested via global leading CREST accredited company
  • Adhere to Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
  • Advanced data encryption to protect your data at rest and in transit
  • Security-by-design to protect your data
  • Strong data and access governance
  • Confidentiality of customer data in our standard terms of business

Trusted by

Sea Contract Management has significantly improved the way we manage and approve our contracts, enhancing overall efficiency and governance. We are very satisfied with the positive impact it’s had on our operations.

AIDAN O’REILLY, Head of Shipping at IMI

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