Date when an entity was incorporated

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The fee rate charged daily, persuant to the management agreement.

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The vessel's capacity in deadweight tonnage.

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The year that the vessel was built.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)
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Description of the reverse stock split arrangement. Also provide the retroactive effect given by the reverse split that occurs after the balance sheet date but before the release of financial statements.

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Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details)	6 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 20, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Vessels [Line Items]
Date of Incorporation	Dec. 13, 2006
Reverse stock split
Vessels [Line Items]
Reverse stock split, Conversion ratio		5
Description of the reverse stock split	Effective June 20, 2016, the Company effected a 5-for-1 reverse stock split on its issued and outstanding common stock (Note 9).
Astakos
Vessels [Line Items]
DWT	58,722
Year Built	2012
Serenity I
Vessels [Line Items]
DWT	53,688
Daily Management Fee	$ 500		$ 750
Year Built	2006