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OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Assets pledged as collateral | Assets Pledged
(in thousands of $) | December 31, 2011 |  |  | December 31, 2010 |
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans and capital leases | 1,703,196 |  |  | 1,616,814 |

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