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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of assets pledged | Assets pledged
(in thousands of $) | 2019 |  | 2018
Book value of vessels secured against long-term loans | 3,135,891 |  |  | 3,244,291 |

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