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Advances for vessels under construction and acquisition of vessels (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Vessels [Line Items]
Total	$ 55,892	$ 127,910
Advances for vessels under construction and acquisition of vessels
Vessels [Line Items]
Pre-delivery Yard installments and Fair value adjustment	26,054	65,009
Bareboat capital leases - upfront hire & handling fees	25,272	54,428
Capitalized interest and finance costs	3,552	6,301
Other capitalized costs	1,014	2,172
Total	$ 55,892	$ 127,910

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Amount of accumulated interest and finance costs as part of vessels under construction and acquisitions cost basis.

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Accumulated amount of pre-delivery installments to the yard, for vessels under construction.

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Accumulated amount of upfront hire & handling fees for vessels under capital leases.

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Amount of accumulated other capitalized costs for vessels under construction and acquisition.

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Amount of structure or a modification to a structure under construction. Includes recently completed structures or modifications to structures that have not been placed into service.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

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