The goals will be set for each crew member based on their past behaviour relating to three operational actions with the potential to save fuel: engine maintenance, efficient use of auxiliary engines which generate electricity rather than powering the ship’s movements, and efficient use of the main engine.
Signol’s dashboard and communications will provide crew members with updates on their progress against personal goals, opportunities to feedback on factors affecting their ability to make fuel-saving decisions, and a view of their personal impact on fuel savings and emissions avoided.
Personalised goals and feedback on personal environmental impact are just two of Signol’s 17 coordinated behaviour change techniques which encourage crew members to take fuel-saving action. Cargill has also opted to use charitable donation incentives to further encourage crew members to hit fuel-saving goals.
Harriet Johnson, Head of Maritime at Signol commented: “Cargill has repeatedly shown its sustainability leadership by implementing a number of initiatives to reduce its shipping emissions.
“In order to take advantage of innovations in sustainable fuels, and to effectively meet evolving regulation on shipping’s environmental impact, it’s essential for ship owners, charterers and managers to optimise the fuel efficiency of their vessels – addressing the human factor is key to doing this.”
The trial will use crew and vessel management data from software provider MariApps, extending Signol’s previous collaboration with the digital service.
Both Signol and Cargill recently signed the Global Maritime Forum’s operational efficiency ambition statement, committing to vessel optimisation strategies that can decrease annual fuel consumption by 20%.
One of the five key actions identified in the statement is the undertaking of pilot projects to explore new opportunities for fuel efficiency, with Signol’s behaviour change projects as one example.
About Signol
Signol, a London-based behavioural change service, engages captains and crew with personalised performance feedback to motivate decision-making that reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Signol achieves this by deploying cutting-edge data and behavioural science techniques through a scalable communications platform.
By the end of 2023, Signol has saved aviation and shipping customers $16 million in fuel costs and almost 100k mt of CO2 emissions. Signol’s service has reduced fuel consumption and emissions by at least 3% for maritime clients and at least 1% for aviation clients.
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