Vessel Daily Operating Cost, Budget Variance & Cash Break-Even Tool
Core Running Cost • Accounting Vessel OPEX • Owner Reserves • Budget Burn • Forecast • Peer Gap • Cash Break-Even • Next-Year Pressure
Vessel Daily Operating Cost, Budget Variance & Cash Break-Even Tool
Build a daily vessel-cost stack without mixing unlike cost definitions. Simple mode converts a monthly operating budget into core running cost, broader accounting vessel OPEX and owner all-in cost. Advanced mode adds a cost register, YTD budget burn, commitments, year-end forecast, peer comparison, TCE cash break-even, savings potential and next-year cost pressure.
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Need YTD variance, forecast, commitments, peer benchmark or TCE cash break-even? Click Advanced above.Simple uses monthly run-rate inputs. Currency changes display only; no exchange-rate conversion is performed.Running costBIMCO-style core basis
Accounting OPEXInsurance + operating add-ons
Owner viewOPEX + lifecycle reserve
Monthly Vessel Cost Stack
Enter a normal monthly run-rate. Propulsion bunkers, port charges, canal dues and voyage commissions should normally stay outside vessel OPEX.
Per month.
Per month.
Per month.
Per month. Exclude propulsion bunker fuel.
Per month.
Per month. Shown outside the BIMCO-style core running-cost basis.
Per month.
Per month equivalent. Planning reserve, not core running cost.
Use actual owned/managed days for partial-year periods.
Used to show cost burden per earning day.
Advanced Cost & Budget Register
Classify each row by cost scope. Cost-item labels stay in the browser and are deliberately omitted from Ship Universe Tool Data submissions.
| Cost item | Group | Scope | Annual budget | YTD actual | Open commitments | Forecast basis | Next-year escalation % | Savings potential % |
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Budget Control & Commercial Burden
1.00 = current run-rate pace.
% of open commitments treated as additional.
% of calendar days treated as earning days.
Days. Used as a separate cost-burden diagnostic.
Accounting OPEX basis per calendar day.
Per earning day.
Per earning day above owner cash break-even.
% over budget.
Optional one-off cost to realize entered savings levers.
Cost-Control Readiness
Cost-basis warning: daily operating cost is not standardized across every owner, manager or financial statement. This tool deliberately separates core running cost, broader accounting vessel OPEX and owner reserves. Compare vessels only after aligning both the cost categories and the day denominator.