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Intangible Assets and Goodwill
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets and Goodwill
7. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

As at December 31, 2011 and 2010 intangible assets consisted of time-charter contracts with a weighted-average amortization period of 19.2 years. The carrying amount of intangible assets for the Partnership’s reportable segments is as follows:

 

 

                                                 
    December 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
    Liquefied  Gas
Segment

$
    Conventional
Tanker
Segment

$
    Total
$
    Liquefied  Gas
Segment

$
    Conventional
Tanker
Segment

$
    Total
$
 

Gross carrying amount

    179,813       2,739       182,552       179,813       2,739       182,552  

Accumulated amortization

    (65,599     (2,537     (68,136     (56,743     (2,263     (59,006
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net carrying amount

    114,214       202       114,416       123,070       476       123,546  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amortization expense of intangible assets is $9.1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. Amortization of intangible assets in each of the five years following 2011 is approximately $9.1 million per year.

The carrying amount of goodwill as at each of December 31, 2011 and 2010 for the Partnership’s liquefied gas segment was $35.6 million. In 2011 and 2010, the Partnership conducted a goodwill impairment review of its liquefied gas segment and concluded that no impairment had occurred.