Cruise Hotel Load • OPS Tariff • Generator Fuel • Port Utilization • CO₂e • Retrofit ROI • 2030 Readiness
Cruise Ship Shore Power Cost & Savings Calculator
Compare cruise-ship shore power with onboard generation at berth using the loads that actually dominate a cruise call: hotel services, HVAC/chillers, galleys/laundry/refrigeration, pumps and other auxiliaries. Screen electricity and demand charges, generator fuel avoided, annual connected-call savings, CO₂e reduction, retrofit payback, NPV, break-even electricity price and utilization risk.
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Need hotel-load breakdown, berth availability, demand charges, carbon cost or retrofit ROI? Click Advanced above.Simple uses ten high-value cruise inputs and assumes 3.114 tCO₂/MT generator fuel unless you move to Advanced.Call EconomicsShore vs generator cost
FuelBunker avoided at berth
Annual ValueConnected-call savings
Cruise Berth Demand
kW average hotel + auxiliary demand while alongside.
% between shore meter and ship bus.
Shore Electricity
Currency/kWh purchased.
kg CO₂e/kWh purchased.
Onboard Generator Baseline
g/kWh at cruise-hotel berth load.
Currency/MT.
Currency/MWh generated.
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Advanced is cruise-specific.Build the hotel load, model how many calls can actually connect, include tariff structure and lifecycle escalation, and test whether retrofit economics still work under utilization and price stress.Cruise Hotel & Auxiliary Load Profile
kW average.
% of average and peak berth load.
kW retained for redundancy/operations.
Annual Shore-Power Utilization
% of annual calls.
% of capable calls actually connected.
Shore Electricity Tariff & Grid
Currency/kW/call allocated to the cruise call.
% applied to energy charge.
kg CO₂e/kWh purchased.
%/year.
Onboard Generator Baseline
Currency/MWh generated.
Currency/call.
tCO₂/MT fuel.
%/year.
Currency/tCO₂e.
% of modeled generator/grid emissions economically exposed.
Cruise Ship Retrofit Economics
Enter 0 if already OPS-capable.
Economic Stress Cases
Stress the tariff, bunker price, demand charge, grid emissions or annual connection utilization.
| Case type | Shore rate % | Fuel price % | Demand charge % | Grid EF % | Calls % |
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Cruise OPS Readiness
Engineering / commercial limitation: this is a cruise-vessel planning screen, not an electrical design or tariff invoice. Actual OPS economics depend on hotel-load profile, HVAC demand, port-call duration, utility metering, demand charges, connection labor, berth availability, generator loading/SFOC, frequency-converter losses, local grid emissions, carbon rules and compatibility. Verify the actual cruise berth tariff and approved ship/shore connection arrangement.