Fishing Vessel Fuel Burn Calculator
Enter your vessel's fuel burn rate in gallons per hour and the number of operating hours to estimate total fuel consumption. Optionally separate steaming and fishing hours if your burn rate differs between the two.
What this calculator determines
It estimates total fuel consumption by multiplying entered burn rates by entered steaming and fishing hours.
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Examples
Longline trip to offshore grounds
18 gph steaming × 12 hrs; 8 gph fishing × 36 hrs; $3.85/gal
Calculation
- Steaming fuel: 18 × 12 = 216 gal
- Fishing fuel: 8 × 36 = 288 gal
- Total: 504 gal × $3.85 = $1,940
504 gallons — $1,940 estimated fuel cost
Short crab trip
22 gph × 8 hrs steaming; 10 gph × 24 hrs fishing; $3.90/gal
Calculation
- Steaming: 22 × 8 = 176 gal
- Fishing: 10 × 24 = 240 gal
- Total: 416 gal × $3.90 = $1,622
416 gallons — $1,622 estimated fuel cost
Assumptions & Conventions
- Burn rate basis
- Burn rates are user-entered gallons-per-hour values assumed constant over entered hours.
- Safety reserve excluded
- Result calculates operating consumption only; no reserve fuel is added.