Clarksons-backed digital shipping platform Sea/ has agreed to take over MarDocs, a recap and charter party management platform, from Dubai-based Marcura.
The UK-based operation said the move will allow it to further accelerate its progress in digitising and managing chartering workflows from pre-fixture negotiation to documentation.
“Sea now bridges the documentation gap in the industry, benefitting charterers, brokers, and owners,” the company said, adding that the acquisition marks a new era, particularly in the wet markets where documentation management is an acute challenge with contracts dispersed across different platforms.
Sea, which spun off from the Clarksons Group in 2016, will be working with Marcura to ensure all MarDocs customers are transitioned to the Recap Manager platform. The duo will also form a new strategic partnership centred on data sharing, which they say will “help in driving the industry towards greater digitisation in freight”.
This partnership will see insights from Marcura’s analysis brought into the Sea/ platform and vice-versa, including analysis of vessel behaviours in port and the cost implications upon the multiple clauses governing port activity.
Peter Schrøder (pictured), CEO of Sea, said: “Together with our clients and partners, we are driving real change in the maritime industry, aiming for a complete ecosystem of workflow solutions that will bring simplicity and efficiency for all companies in this space and benefit the entire value chain.”
