Xeneta Appoints Luykx as Chief Revenue Officer
Ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and intelligence platform Xeneta has appointed Tonia Luykx to spearhead its journey to drive revenues through an industry data revolution.Luykx, who has a track record for building and scaling SaaS and tech businesses including Sift, Google, Dropbox and Amazon, has now set her sights on global logistics in the position of Chief Revenue Officer at Oslo-based Xeneta.She said, “I have always worked in organizations that challenge the status quo, to drive more productivity, more efficiency and a better way of working.“In terms of the potential to transform
CREWBLAST Now Offering Yacht Staffing
; is sent via push notification directly to the mobile devices of all crew members matching the criteria and they can respond immediately, resulting in fast and accurate crew staffing.CREWBLAST’s technology works around the world, and the app is currently available in both the Apple App and Google Play Stores.In its first full year of operations for the aviation industry, CREWBLAST said it blew past forecasted sales by nearly 350% and continues to grow at a rapid clip.“We saw incredibly fast adoption in the aviation industry and we continue to receive stellar feedback from both crewmembers
Training Gen Z in the Marine Industry
;can I get an Amen!),Incorporating social media interaction,Keeping the navigation simple, andDesigning it for clarity and conciseness.7. Self-paced learning. Gen Z craves knowledge but thrives when they have the independence to direct their training and create their own learning paths. They are the Google generation. They know where to look when they need to know something.We will provide them with the place to find what they need immediately and what they need to move up. Training doesn’t have to be as structured as it has been.Instead of every May 1 we are going to learn about back safety
Training Tips for Ships #12: Training in COVID-19 Times - A “How to Guide”
to choose an LMS which works on-board without connectivity. If the answer is no, then a larger variety of LMSs will do the job.Second, for real-time interactions between your instructors and learners, a conferencing tool is required. In this case there are many to choose from. Three popular choices are Google Hangouts, Zoom, and Skype. All of these are inexpensive (and allow for a certain amount of free use), are easy to use, are reliable, and support video, audio, screen-sharing and chat functionality. Our customers have made extensive use of all of these without issue. Pick one.Learning Principles:
IIMS Launches Marine Surveyor Search App
by name, by skill set and by location, including the nearest port. Additionally, the App will allow users to rate a surveyor. Communication with a chosen surveyor is easy with contact being made by email or telephone at the press of a button.The App can be downloaded in the usual way from either the Google Play Store or App Store. Just search for’ Marine Surveyor Search’.Commenting on this bold initiative, Mike Schwarz, IIMS Chief Executive Officer, said: “IIMS has made a significant investment in App technology to make the process of finding a marine surveyor simple. The project
Risk Ahoy: New Game App Promotes Safety at Sea
shipping community, has launched Risk Ahoy, a new gaming app that highlights in an engaging and interactive manner the hazards face by those on board ships on a daily basis. Risk Ahoy has been developed by the loss prevention department of UK P&I Club, is available on iTunes and Google Playstore, and has been intuitively designed to allow users to dip in and out of the action, with short, medium and long modes available. Players navigate their ship through 38 colorful levels of increasingly challenging difficulty, working their way through the various mini-games, while identifying
