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DEFERRED CHARGES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of other receivables, prepaid expenses and accrued income | The deferred charges are comprised of the following amounts:
(in thousands of $) | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Debt arrangement fees and other deferred financing charges | 6,335 |  |  | 14,860 |
Accumulated amortization | (2,271 | ) |  | (5,291 | )
| 4,064 |  |  | 9,569 |

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