Shipowner & Ship Management
Fleet & Vessel · Voyage & Chartering · Maintenance · Finance
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FCRSOFT
Calculate ship capacity, voyage economics and port time, and produce your voyage estimate in minutes.
See the system that does this automaticallyOpen the live demoCalculate DWT (carrying capacity) from displacement and lightship weight, and the cargo capacity left after fuel, water and stores.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate a ship’s volume and weight displacement from length, breadth, draft, block coefficient and water density.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate lightship weight and its share of displacement from summer displacement and DWT.
Open the toolFree toolDeduct fuel, fresh water, stores, residual ballast and constant from DWT to calculate the net cargo you can carry.
Open the toolFree toolFind the maximum cargo the ship can take and the binding limit from draft restriction, DWT and hold volume.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate loaded cargo as a share of DWT and net cargo capacity, the unused capacity and the freight lost.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate mean draft from displacement, length, breadth and block coefficient, and the draft increase after loading using TPC.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate mean draft, sag/hog effect and quarter mean from forward, aft and midship draft readings.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate forward and aft drafts from true mean draft at the LCF and trim.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate trim, trim angle and trim direction from forward and aft drafts.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the change of trim and new forward/aft drafts from loading or shifting a weight, using TPC and MCTC.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate current freeboard and the margin to the load line from moulded depth, deck thickness and draft.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate tonnes per centimetre immersion (TPC) from waterplane area and the cargo matching a given draft change.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the moment to change trim one centimetre (MCTC) from displacement, longitudinal metacentric height (GML) and length.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate displacement and DWT at an observed draft by linear interpolation between light and summer conditions.
Open the toolFree toolAdd up hold volumes and calculate volumetric capacity for the cargo’s stowage factor, the DWT limit and the cargo that can be carried.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate cargo capacity utilization and annual time utilization (laden, ballast, port and idle days).
Open the toolFree toolCalculate total TEU and FEU from numbers of 20, 40 and 45ft containers.
Open the toolFree toolConvert a container mix into FEU (forty-foot equivalent) and see its TEU equivalent.
Open the toolFree toolConvert TEU capacity to FEU and FEU to TEU; turn ship capacity into a number of 40ft containers.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate volume used, hold utilization and total cargo from cargo quantity and stowage factor per hold.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate density, stowage factor and heavy or light cargo class from cargo weight and volume.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate stowage factor in m³/t and ft³/LT from cargo volume, weight and broken stowage allowance.
Open the toolFree toolConvert stowage factor between m³/t and ft³/LT (long ton).
Open the toolCalculate sea and port fuel, safety margin and bunker cost from distance, speed and daily consumption.
Open the toolFree toolEstimate daily consumption at another speed from a known speed and consumption using the cube law (admiralty).
Open the toolFree toolMultiply main fuel and MGO consumption by sea and port days to calculate total fuel cost.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate a voyage’s total fuel need and bunkering quantity with separate speed and consumption for ballast and laden legs.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate daily fuel consumption from main engine power, engine load and specific fuel oil consumption (SFOC).
Open the toolFree toolCalculate fuel and cost per nautical mile from daily consumption and speed.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the total bunker invoice from VLSFO and MGO quantities, prices and barge and survey fees.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the delivered cost of a very-low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO, 0.5% S) stem and the daily fuel cost.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the delivered cost of a marine gas oil (MGO, 0.1% S) stem and the daily fuel cost in ECA zones.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the delivered cost of an ultra-low-sulphur fuel oil (ULSFO, 0.1% S) stem and the daily fuel cost.
Open the toolFree toolDivide a voyage’s total fuel cost by cargo carried to get fuel cost per ton and its share of the freight rate.
Open the toolFree toolAdd fuel, port, canal, agency, insurance and commission costs to calculate voyage cost and cost per ton.
Open the toolFree toolDeduct voyage costs and ship hire or running cost from freight revenue to calculate voyage profit and daily profit.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate gross and net voyage revenue from cargo, freight rate, commissions and demurrage income.
Open the toolFree toolDeduct voyage costs from voyage revenue and divide by voyage days to get the time charter equivalent (TCE).
Open the toolFree toolCompare the voyage TCE with a time charter offer and daily operating expenses to see which is more profitable.
Open the toolFree toolCompare the fuel saving from slowing down with the hire cost of the longer voyage.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the minimum freight rate covering voyage costs and daily ship cost, and the break-even TCE.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate voyage result and TCE on one screen from ballast and laden legs, port days, fuel, port and canal costs, freight and commissions.
Open the toolCalculate time charter income from daily hire, period, off-hire days, commissions and bunker difference on delivery.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate voyage charter income from freight rate, cargo tolerance (MOLOO), commissions and demurrage or despatch.
Open the toolFree toolEstimate the sea distance between two ports including canal and strait transits, and see the sailing time.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate route distance, sailing time and fuel via the ports and passages you choose.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the great-circle distance between two coordinates in nautical miles, km and statute miles, and the time at a given speed in knots.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the estimated time of arrival (ETA) from departure time, distance, speed and weather margin.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the latest departure time (ETD) to meet a target arrival and the minimum speed needed.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the estimated time of berthing (ETB) from arrival time, anchorage waiting, pilotage and berthing time.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate the estimated time of completion (ETC) from berthing time, cargo quantity and handling rate.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate time in port from arrival and departure times, and the hire cost of that time.
Open the toolFree toolAdd waiting, berthing, operations and departure preparation to see how port time is split.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate port cost from GT-based port and light dues, pilotage, towage, mooring and agency fees.
Open the toolFree toolAdd the hire and fuel cost of days in port to port charges to find the full cost of a port call.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate how long the ship stays at berth from cargo quantity, handling rate and preparation time.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate loading or discharging time from number of cranes, hourly rate per crane and efficiency.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate allowed time, time used and demurrage or despatch from cargo, daily loading rate, NOR and turn time.
Open the toolFree toolCompare laycan start and end dates with the vessel’s ETA to see if it is early, on time or at risk of cancellation.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate when laytime commences from the notice of readiness (NOR) time and turn time, applying office-hours rules.
Open the toolFree toolCalculate time saved and despatch money (usually half demurrage) when loading finishes before allowed time.
Open the toolFree toolFind net demurrage or despatch by calculating allowed and used time at load and discharge ports separately or together (reversible).
Open the toolFree toolCalculate total turnaround from arrival to departure, waiting share and berth productivity.
Open the toolThe relationship between DWT, displacement, lightship weight, draft, TPC and cargo capacity — how to calculate how many tons of cargo a ship can really take.
Read the guideGuideHow TCE is calculated and how to compare voyage and time charters — a worked example with freight revenue, voyage costs, fuel and port days.
Read the guideGuideLaytime in voyage charters, NOR, turn time, SHINC/SHEX terms, excepted periods and demurrage/despatch calculation with examples.
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You don’t need to do the calculations and checks on this page by hand every day. FCRSOFT derives them all automatically from the records entered in the field.
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