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Vessels, net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 M/T Attikos	Dec. 31, 2012 M/T Aristofanis	Jun. 09, 2011 Patroklos Marine Corp	Sep. 30, 2011 Crude Carrier Corps Vessel Owning Companies	Dec. 22, 2012 M/V Agamemnon	Dec. 22, 2012 M/V Archimidis	Dec. 22, 2012 M/T Achilleas and M/T Alexander the Great
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Fair value of vessels acquired						$ 51,500	$ 351,750	$ 68,000	$ 65,000	$ 137,750
Vessels' impairment charge	43,178	0	0							43,178
Date of vessel sale				Feb. 14, 2012	Apr. 04, 2012
DWT				12,000	12,000
Year built				2005	2005
Net proceeds from sale of vessel	21,299	0	0	9,807	9,867
Gain on sale of vessel	1,296	0	0	943	353
Vessel carrying value	959,550	1,073,986	707,339	8,864	9,514					180,928
Vessel improvements costs capitalized	105	611
Consideration for acquisition of Patroklos						$ 83,525

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The fair value of the vessel at the time of the acquisition.

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The cash proceeds net of commissions and expenses from the sale of vessels.

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The vessel's size in DWT.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of the relative vessels from their carrying value to their fair value.

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Vessel improvement expenses that were capitalized in the period.

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This element represents vessels' book value, net of accumulated depreciation.

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The year that the vessel was built.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

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The difference between the sale price or salvage price and the book value of a property, plant, and equipment asset that was sold or retired during the reporting period. This element refers to the gain (loss).

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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