Sea
- Category
- Chartering / Contract / Emissions Software
Technology Score
Score Pending
A Technology Score publishes only when at least four scored dimensions are supported by Level 3+ evidence, including Market Adoption or Customer Evidence.
Momentum
Not assessed
Evidence Confidence
Not assessed
7 approved evidence records
What it does
Commercial-shipping software platform for chartering, fixture and contract management, compliance and emissions workflows.
Sea has consolidated several established chartering products into a unified workflow platform, giving it meaningful historical penetration in freight contracting. Its next phase is broader integration of chartering, compliance and emissions data rather than simply digitizing recap and charterparty documentation.
Watch itemCurrent fixture volume, customer retention and adoption of newer compliance modules.
Key metrics
Dated snapshots. Historical values are retained, never overwritten.
Key Metric
37,500 annualized fixtures (2022 snapshot)
Key Metric
Fortescue emissions workflow customer
Key Metric
Chinsay + MarDocs integrated
Products & capabilities
Contract ManagementProduct
Charterparty and recap workflows; distinct from Sea marketplace and custom-development services.
Custom Software Development (Setapp lineage)Service / business stream
Customers, deployments & partners
Partnership, pilot, trial and deployment are distinct states and are never merged. Deployment scope comes from the cited evidence.
Ownership & investors
Acquisitions made
Funding rounds
Each round is dated and sourced. Totals are never summed from unverified figures.
No funding rounds recorded.
Competitors
No competitor relationships recorded.
Company timeline
Partnership · September 2026
Sea and BIMCO bring standard contract controls into fixture workflow
Other · August 2023
Sea integrates Setapp brand as custom software business stream
Ownership · November 2022
Acquisition of Setapp
Evidence & sources
Every material claim above traces back to one of these records.
Sea acquired Setapp in November 2022 and integrated the Setapp brand into Sea in August 2023 as a custom software development business stream.
Source: Sea — Acquisition / Integration
Sea and BIMCO expanded their relationship in September 2026 to bring BIMCO-standard contract controls closer to fixture negotiation workflows.
IMI publicly states Sea Contract Management improved contract management, approval efficiency and governance.
Sea Contract Management supports charterparty and recap workflows and is positioned for charterers, brokers and operators.
Sea provides digital freight negotiation and contract-management workflows for shipping and should be modeled at product/capability level rather than as a generic shipping-software company.
Source: sea.live — Sea provides digital freight negotiation and contract-management workflows for s
Sea has sufficient established product identity in freight negotiation/commercial workflow to publish a profile while ownership and measurable adoption remain explicit gaps.
Source: sea.live — Sea provides digital freight negotiation and contract-management workflows for s
Sea's platform focuses on digital freight negotiation, fixture/contract workflow and commercial-shipping processes.
Source: sea.live — Sea provides digital freight negotiation and contract-management workflows for s
Last verified: not recorded · Profile state: Public / Developing