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Other Operational Gain (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 03, 2014 | Jun. 28, 2013
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operational gain | $ 10,003,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome | $ 3,787,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome | $ 3,507,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome |  |
Exinguishment of liability related to amount of fuel and lubricants remaining on board | 1,361,000 sblk_GainFromWriteOffLiability | 0 sblk_GainFromWriteOffLiability | 0 sblk_GainFromWriteOffLiability |  |
Gain from insurance claim | 237,000 sblk_GainFromInsuranceClaim | 1,030,000 sblk_GainFromInsuranceClaim | 812,000 sblk_GainFromInsuranceClaim |  |
Hull and Machinery Insurance Claim and Protection and Indemnity Claim |  |  |  |  |
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operational gain | 456,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_HullAndMachineryClaimMember |  |  |  |
Star Borealis |  |  |  |  |
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds received on transfer of claim |  |  |  | 8,016,000 sblk_ProceedsReceivedOnTransferClaim / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_StarBorealisIIMember |
Gain on sale of claim | 9,377,000 sblk_GainLossOnSaleOfClaim / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_StarBorealisIIMember |  |  |  |
Gross Daily Charter Rate |  |  |  |  | 24,750 sblk_GrossDailyCharterRate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_StarBorealisIIMember
Exinguishment of liability related to amount of fuel and lubricants remaining on board | 1,361,000 sblk_GainFromWriteOffLiability / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_StarBorealisIIMember |  |  |  |
Rebate from Company's previous manning agent |  |  |  |  |
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Rebate from previous manning agent | 170,000 sblk_RebateAmount / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_PreviousManningAgentMember |  |  |  |
Bhatia International Ltd |  |  |  |  |
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operational gain |  | 2,500,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_BhatiaInternationalLtdMember | 2,514,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_BhatiaInternationalLtdMember |  |
Korea Line Corporation |  |  |  |  |
Other Operational Gain [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operational gain |  | $ 177,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_KoreaLineCorporationMember | $ 157,000 us-gaap_OtherIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = sblk_KoreaLineCorporationMember |  |

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