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Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Voyage And Vessel Operating Expenses (Abstract)

Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses

18.           Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses:

The amounts in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations are analyzed as follows:

			2009				2010				2011
Voyage  expenses
Port charges		$	1,940			$	1,047			$	694
Bunkers			3,637				1,544				915
Commissions paid - third parties			1,460				1,180				1,347
Commissions paid - related parties			1,472				1,540				1,237
Chartered-in vessel expenses			6,732				11,180				17,909
Miscellaneous			133				348				327
Total voyage expenses		$	15,374			$	16,839			$	22,429
Vessel operating expenses
Crew wages and related costs		$	13,342			$	12,348			$	12,938
Insurances			2,198				2,195				2,399
Maintenance, Repairs, Spares and Stores			9,671				4,729				6,130
Lubricants			2,456				1,925				2,189
Tonnage taxes			123				116				123
Upgrading expenses			1,526				301				789
Miscellaneous			852				735				679
Total vessel operating expenses		$	30,168			$	22,349			$	25,247

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This element repsresents the disclosure for Voyage expenses (Port charges, bunkers, commissions charged by third parties, commissions charged by related parties) and Vessel Operating expenses (crew wages and related costs, insurances, repairs, spares and maintenance, consumable stores, tonnage taxes, miscellaneous).

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