The amount of adjusted tangible net worth required to be maintained to fulfill Credit facility covenant.

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The percentage of adjusted tangible net worth to adjusted total assets value required to be maintained to fulfill Credit facility covenant.

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The percentage of unencumbered consolidated cash to gross interest bearing debt required to be maintained to fulfill credit facility covenant.

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The amount of unencumbered consolidated cash required to be maintained to fulfill Credit facility covenant.

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Refers to the required percentage of the charter-free market value of the vessels to the borrowings under the covenants of the credit facility.

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The number of installments for principal repayments of borrowings.

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Represents the period between issuance and maturity of credit facility, period between issuance and maturity of long-term debt, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of the required periodic installment payments including both interest and principal payments.

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The amount of prepayment of debt for final settlement.

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The description of the frequency of periodic repayment of credit facility.

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Number of VLCCs whose acquisition is to be funded through credit facility between and among ABN AMRO, DVB and Nordea as lenders, three vessel-owning companies as borrowers, and DHT Holdings, Inc. as guarantor.

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The amount of outstanding funds that the entity is obligated to repay.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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The adjustment to the basis (reference rate) used for calculation of the interest rate on borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

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The maturity of borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

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Financial risk management, objectives and policies, Danish Ship Finance Credit Facility (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($) Carrier	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Installment	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Credit Facility [Abstract]
Borrowing amount		$ 522,299	$ 449,959
Danish Ship Finance Credit Facility [Member]
Credit Facility [Abstract]
Borrowing amount	$ 49,400	$ 33,683	$ 36,015	$ 36,400
Number of VLCCs whose acquisition is to be funded through credit facility \| Carrier	1
Term		5 years
Maturity date		November 2025
Number of installments for repaying debt \| Installment		10
Frequency of periodic repayment		semiannually
Debt repayment installment amount		$ 1,200
Debt repayment final amount		24,300
Credit facility covenant, required adjusted tangible net worth		$ 300,000
Danish Ship Finance Credit Facility [Member] \| Bottom of Range [Member]
Credit Facility [Abstract]
Credit facility covenant, required percentage of charter-free market value of vessels to borrowings		135.00%
Credit facility covenant, required percentage of adjusted tangible net worth to total assets		25.00%
Credit facility covenant, required unencumbered consolidated cash		$ 30,000
Credit facility covenant, required percentage of unencumbered consolidated cash to gross interest bearing debt		6.00%
Danish Ship Finance Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Credit Facility [Abstract]
Adjustment to interest rate basis	2.00%	2.00%