{
  "id": 5066683,
  "title": "SeaSolveX Launches Aiming to Disrupt Maritime Dispute Resolution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/seasolvex-launches-aiming-to-disrupt-maritime-dispute-resolution",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seasolvex-launches-aiming-to-disrupt-maritime-dispute-resolution/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SeaSolveX, a new entrant in the maritime industry, aims to revolutionize the way disputes are resolved within the sector. Founded by Janci Karri and Jonathan Brown, both seasoned international shipping lawyers and mediators, the company is advocating for a shift towards mediation as the primary method of addressing commercial conflicts. Despite advancements in satellite navigation, real-time cargo tracking, automated ports, and AI-driven logistics, the industry is still grappling with slow, costly, and relationship-damaging processes when disputes arise. Karri emphasizes the stark contrast between the digital speed of the modern shipping and commerce world and the slow, analogue pace of dispute resolution. She argues that businesses operating in a twenty-first century economy deserve a twenty-first century approach to resolving disputes. SeaSolveX's launch coincides with geopolitical tensions, such as recent disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which illustrate how quickly a single voyage dispute can escalate across global supply chains, affecting various stakeholders including owners, charterers, cargo interests, insurers, financiers, ports, and traders. To tackle this issue, SeaSolveX promotes a \"Mediation First\" policy for suitable disputes, advocating for structured commercial dialogue before resorting to adversarial processes. The company has developed a proprietary dispute-diagnostic framework, available online at www.seasolvex.com, to identify cases where early mediation offers the greatest commercial benefit. Karri also highlights the company's efforts in building a digital platform, in partnership with a specialist technology firm, to provide tools that facilitate earlier intervention, increase transparency, and aid in better-informed decision-making. Karri, who spent two decades litigating high-value shipping disputes, asserts that the industry's greatest cost is not the final judgment but the years of uncertainty, escalating legal expenses, management distraction, strained commercial relationships, and missed opportunities. She emphasizes that the best commercial outcomes are achieved in the boardroom, not the courtroom. Brown adds that SeaSolveX exists to provide the industry with a faster, smarter way to resolve disputes, leveraging their diagnostic tool and extensive shipping experience to provide clarity from the outset, minimize unnecessary costs, and safeguard commercial relationships. Karri and Brown conclude by urging the maritime sector to move away from slow, expensive disputes and embrace an alternative, tech-driven, experience-led process that allows parties to quickly define the real issue and reach practical solutions without the burdens of adversarial legal battles. They emphasize that SeaSolveX is offering companies a safe, structured way to resolve issues promptly, preserve relationships, and avoid the spiraling costs and delays associated with traditional legal routes.",
  "summary": "A new challenger to the maritime status quo has launched this week, warning that one of the world’s most technologically advanced industries is still resolving its disputes at a pace better suited to the last century. SeaSolveX, founded by international shipping lawyers and mediators, Janci Karri and Jonathan Brown are calling for a fundamental shift ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}