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Management fees	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016
Management fees [Abstract]
Management fees	11.      Management fees: As of January 1, 2015, the Company engaged Ship Procurement Services S.A. (“SPS”), a third party company, to provide to its fleet certain procurement services at a daily fee of $0.295 per vessel.  Total management fees to SPS for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, were $7,985 and $7,604, respectively, and are included in Management fees in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. In addition, Management fees for the year ended December 31, 2015 also include $451 of fees incurred pursuant to the management agreement with Maryville discussed in Note 3.

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