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Fixed assets - Advances for vessels under construction - related party (Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	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.

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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.

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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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