Container Crane Downtime Calculator

What does your downtime really cost?
See what one day of crane downtime really costs your terminal. Enter your operational data, get an instant estimate of lost moves, lost turnover, and additional cost for both STS and RTG cranes, based on the same logic terminal operators use internally.
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Overview

Every container crane that goes down means lost moves, lost turnover, and direct cost for your terminal. The Container Crane Downtime Calculator turns those losses into a concrete number for both STS and RTG cranes, based on your own operational data.

It’s a quick, defensible estimate built for terminal operators, technical management, and procurement. Use it to support internal discussions, CAPEX decisions, or to put a number on the value of better drivetrain reliability.

The calculation follows standard terminal logic: lost moves × TEU (twenty-foot-equivalent unit) × contributing margin, plus internal additional cost, plus — for STS cranes — ship and berth delay cost. Long-term effects like SLA (service level agreement) penalties and reputational damage are deliberately left out, so the result stays transparent and easy to defend internally.