Energy Equivalent • Fuel Cost • Tank Volume • CO2e • Lifecycle GHG • FuelEU Planning • CAPEX • NPV • Break-Even Price

Alternative Marine Fuel Comparison Calculator

Compare VLSFO, MGO, LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, HVO and custom marine fuels on the same delivered-energy basis. See the fuel mass, tank-volume, emissions, annual-cost and investment consequences before treating a lower price per tonne as a better fuel.

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Need certified pathways, methane slip/N2O, FuelEU exposure, tank-space value or full NPV? Click Advanced above.Simple uses reference preset properties and keeps the comparison focused on equal-energy annual cost.

Fuel Comparison

MT/year.
Positive = less fuel energy for same vessel service.

Commercial Inputs

Currency/tCO2e.
% of modeled TtW CO2e.

Baseline Fuel Properties

Presets are starting points. Replace them with supplier, BDN, verifier, engine-maker and certified pathway values where available.

MJ/kg.
MT/m3.
t/t fuel.
g/g fuel.
g/g fuel.
% fuel mass.
gCO2e/MJ.
%/year.

Alternative Fuel Properties

Carbon, FuelEU, Storage & Investment

gCO2e/MJ planning target.
Currency/tCO2e equivalent; not statutory penalty.
Currency/m3-year.
days.

Economic Stress Cases

Structured scenarios only; no vessel or project names are collected.

UseCaseAlt price %Eff. ppWtW g/MJCarbon %CAPEX %

Transition Readiness

Planning limitation: fuel pathway, pilot fuel, boil-off, methane slip, N2O, storage systems, cargo-space loss, supply availability, safety equipment and verified regulatory treatment can materially change the real comparison. FuelEU results here are planning values only.
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