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Fixed assets - Advances for vessels under construction - related party (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Balance as at beginning of period, | $ 18,172 |
Balance as at end of period, | 0 | $ 18,172
Related party |  |
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Balance as at beginning of period, | 18,172 | 66,641
Transfer to vessels | (18,172) | (48,469)
Balance as at end of period, | $ 0 | $ 18,172

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- Definition This element represents advances to a related party for vessels under construction or the excess between the fair value and the contractual cash consideration for these vessels, or both. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | cplp_
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Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

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- Definition This element represents advances to a related party for vessels under construction and the excess between the fair value and the contractual cash consideration for these vessels, amount transferred to vessels. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | cplp_
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Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

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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. + References No definition available. + Details
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Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

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- Details
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Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
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