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Amount of undiscounted cash flows to be received by lessor for sales-type and direct financing leases in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of undiscounted cash flows to be received by lessor for sales-type and direct financing leases in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of undiscounted cash flows to be received by lessor for sales-type and direct financing leases in remainder of current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of undiscounted cash flows to be received by lessor for sales-type and direct financing leases in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of undiscounted cash flows to be received by lessor for sales-type and direct financing leases in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Revenue - Net Investments in Direct Financing Leases (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2021 vessel	Jun. 30, 2021 lease	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 lease	Jan. 07, 2020 vessel	Jan. 07, 2020 lease	Jan. 07, 2020 USD ($)
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Remainder of Fiscal Year			$ 32.3
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Two Years			64.0
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Three Years			64.3
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Four Years			64.2
Purchase Obligation And Deferred Hire Amounts							$ 260.4
Sales-Type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, to be Received, Year One			64.2
Sales-Type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, to be Received, after Year Four			$ 446.5
LNG Carriers [Member]
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels	9	9
LNG Carriers [Member] \| Direct Financing Lease [Member]
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| lease		3		3
Awilco Lng Carrier
Lessor, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels					2	2