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Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses [Abstract]

Voyage expenses

			2011			2012			2013
Voyage  expenses
Port charges			$  694			$  2,484			$  1,455
Bunkers			915			10,788			4,338
Commissions - third parties			1,347			947			867
Commissions - related parties (Note 3)			1,237			1,134			773
Chartered-in vessel expenses			17,909			4,050			-
Miscellaneous			327			195			116
Total voyage expenses			$ 22,429			$  19,598			$  7,549

Vessel operating expenses

Vessel operating expenses
Crew wages and related costs			$  12,938			$  14,498			$  14,355
Insurances			2,399			2,655			2,968
Maintenance, Repairs, Spares and Stores			6,130			6,779			5,772
Lubricants			2,189			3,046			2,339
Tonnage taxes			123			169			797
Upgrading expenses			789			19			205
Miscellaneous			679			666			651
Total vessel operating expenses			$  25,247			$  27,832			$  27,087

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