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Equity Method Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Equity Method Investments [Abstract] |
Financial information of joint ventures |
|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 (1) $ |  |  | 2010 (2) $ |  |  | 2009 $ |
Current assets |  |  | 128,608 |  |  |  | 97,605 |  |  |  |  |
Non-current assets |  |  | 2,121,408 |  |  |  | 1,424,450 |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  | 140,899 |  |  |  | 88,990 |  |  |  |  |
Non-current liabilities |  |  | 1,798,946 |  |  |  | 1,162,556 |  |  |  |  |
Voyage revenues |  |  | 167,094 |  |  |  | 106,371 |  |  |  | 99,593 |
Income from vessel operations |  |  | 124,553 |  |  |  | 83,992 |  |  |  | 80,951 |
Realized and unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments |  |  | (41,622 | ) |  |  | (35,173 | ) |  |  | 10,692 |
Net Income |  |  | 51,492 |  |  |  | 20,092 |  |  |  | 59,918 |
(1) | The results included for the Angola Joint Venture were from the time the vessels delivered from August, September and October 2011 to December 31, 2011.
(2) | The results included for the Excalibur and Excelsior Joint Ventures were from November 4, 2010 to December 31, 2010.

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