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Financial Instruments - Effective Portion (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Amount of Gain Recorded in OCI (Effective Portion)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 462
Amount of Gain/ (Loss) recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income	0	0	4
Interest expense and finance cost
Amount of Gain Recorded in OCI (Effective Portion)	0	0	462
Amount of Loss Reclassified from OCI into consolidated statements of comprehensive income (Effective Portion)	0	0	(466)
Gain on interest rate swap agreement
Amount of Gain/ (Loss) recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income	0	0	4
Interest rate swaps
Amount of Gain Recorded in OCI (Effective Portion)	$ 0	$ 0	$ (4)

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The net result of the accumulated OCL amortization of interest rate swaps dedesignated from cash flow hedges and the change in their fair values.

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The effective portion of gains and losses (net) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments that was recognized in other comprehensive income during the current period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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The effective portion of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into income on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments.

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