Amusan Oluwatobi

MVXenergi is a service provided by MVX that caters to both offshore clients and vessels owners. Offshore clients can browse existing vetted vessels, book these vessels, get updates on assigned vessels, chat directly with support and operations staff. On the other hand, vessels owners can list their vessels and view which clients their vessels have been assigned to. All users have access to detailed analytics that can be filtered over time periods and specific offshore metrics.

MVX has a freight forwarding service accessible via mvx.trade. The service enables customers to:
• Create shipment requests
• Receive, view, accept or reject quotes
• Receive constant updates from the customer success and operations teams
• Track shipments via Google map views
• Share and receive shipment documents via an in-app integration communications tool

I started this project by performing brainstorming sessions with the operations team to deeply understand what technology could make it better for our intended clients. With our learnings, the product team then properly documented our implementation strategy, passing it on to the product designer to produce high-fidelity prototypes that I implemented. I doubled as both the project lead and sole front-end developer until additional team members were hired to maintain the project.

MVX uses a back-office system—christened Crystalball by me—that enables the entire in-house team to have visibility into the state of the business. Lists of shipment requests, charter requests, vessels, partners, trade finance requests, customers, and other important criteria can easily be accessed and filtered over time periods. Shipments, vessels, and charter requests are assigned to team members by the line managers. Team members can filter lists to gain visibility into what each operations team member is managing and the status of those requests.

Another significant aspect of Crystalball is analytics using charts, graphs, and values to help the business make critical decisions. Lists can be downloaded in both CSV and PDF formats.

We started building Crystalball by having brainstorming sessions with the operations team and employing my experience building similar systems in my previous role at a logistics firm. Goals were set and finetuned by the product team. An external designer designed an initial prototype of the dashboard, which I then implemented. Over the past months, we have iterated severally, adding and refining several features along the way to arrive at what it is today.

Tradevu is a platform for managing shipments and purchase orders, streamlining business logistic operations. The entire value chain, including payments, liquidity, and shipment management, can be done entirely on Tradevu.