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Christiania Shipping reduces bunker fuel bill in behavioural science project

An emissions reduction project launched by Christiania Shipping with behaviour change service Signol has saved more than 250 mt of marine fuel in six months, avoiding at least 790 mt of CO2.
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An emissions reduction project launched by Denmark-headquartered Christiania Shipping with behaviour change service Signol earlier this year has saved more than 250 metric tonnes (mt) of fuel in six months, avoiding at least 790 mt of CO2, according to Signol on Tuesday (10 December). 

The success was achieved across Christiania’s original 18-vessel fleet, which has recently expanded, and amounted to a cost saving of more than USD 150,000 from the shipping company’s fuel bill and USD 48,000 from regulatory costs under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

Since March 2024, Signol’s solution has enhanced Christiania’s fuel efficiency initiatives by using fuel performance data alongside behavioural science to identify opportunities to save fuel and help crew members increase their fuel-saving actions.

Christiania has now converted the partnership with Signol into a long-term contract to continue engaging crew members on fuel efficiency and achieving further emissions reductions.

Rune Eriksen Lorentsen, Christiania’s Director Operations and Performance, said: “Our six-month trial with Signol almost immediately showed the value of effectively engaging with our crew on fuel efficiency.

“Not only did the resulting fuel reductions produce significant cost-savings, leading to a remarkably quick return on investment, but Signol also helped generate real buy-in from our crew on operational efficiency and decarbonisation, which has created a culture of positive engagement onboard.”

A significant proportion of Christiania’s impressive savings were due to the impact Signol had by helping the crew take more opportunities to optimise vessel trim.

Crew members showed a 16% increase in successful implementation of the trim behaviours during the trial period, with vessels systematically trimmed an average of 0.22 metres closer to even keel, which almost always represents the most efficient trim for the vessel type.

“Our ongoing work with Christiania Shipping shows that focusing on efficient human behaviour can close the gap between fuel performance monitoring and achieving tangible improvements to reduce emissions in practice,” said Harriet Hunnisett Johnson, Head of Maritime at Signol.

“Christiania has very quickly seen that small changes to crews’ actions can add up to really significant fuel savings. The collaboration between Signol and Christiania created a culture of positive engagement with sustainability onboard and the conditions for crew members to do their best work and know that they are making a difference.”

Signol’s behavioural science solution took Christiania’s existing fuel performance monitoring initiatives a step further by using detailed vessel data and insights on fuel consumption to identify four specific opportunities for fuel saving and promote related fuel-saving actions across 70 crew members.

Alongside Signol’s set of behaviour change techniques, Christiania also added Signol’s optional techniques of charitable and personal incentives, making donations to two causes for every fuel-saving goal hit: ships’ welfare funds and The Ocean Cleanup charity.

During the trial, Christiania’s crew hit 4,400 fuel-saving goals.

 

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Published: 11 December, 2024

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“This achievement demonstrates international recognition of KRISO’s technological capabilities in the rapidly evolving field of nuclear-powered shipping, supporting the transition toward low-carbon maritime transport,” it said. 

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Published: 21 July, 2026

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