Two of shipping’s best-known broking shops have launched digital platforms that aim to bring trading processes together in one place – without replacing human brokers.

Clarksons, the world’s largest shipbroker, has launched Sea.Live, a web-based app for the “seamless” management of fixtures from start to finish.

Meanwhile, Freight Investor Services (FIS), a specialist in forward freight agreements (FFAs), has launched the FIS Screen, which combines pricing visibility and trade execution for commodity and freight derivatives.