Lease Arrangements (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) item
Lease Arrangements
Number of vessels , generated revenue results \| item	71
Amount of charter hire prepayment received	$ 238,900
Number of charter vessels \| item	15
Future minimum payments, expected to be received
Remainder of 2022	$ 442,720
2023	697,369
2024	523,363
2025	286,004
2026	183,272
2027 and thereafter	179,561
Total future rentals	$ 2,312,289

The amount of cash inflow associated with carter hire prepayment relating to charter vessels.

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease fifth and after fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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- Definition

Represents the number of charter vessels.

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- Definition

It represents operating revenue generated from fifty five vessels

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- Definition

Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor for operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919396-209981

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in remainder of current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919396-209981

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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- Definition

Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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- Definition

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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