XML 73 R49.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.8.0.1

Transactions with Related Parties - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011
Related Party Transaction
Number of vessels	36
Vessel operating expenses	$ 11,629	$ 10,866	$ 11,708
General and administrative expenses	6,234	6,253	6,608
Executive services agreement with CGP
Related Party Transaction
General and administrative expenses	1,688	1,688	1,624
Capital Ship Management Corp. | Fixed fee management agreement
Related Party Transaction
Vessel operating expenses	488	981	3,221
Capital Ship Management Corp. | Floating fee management agreement
Related Party Transaction
Vessel operating expenses	$ 10,100	8,865	7,477
Capital Ship Management Corp. | Crude Carriers Corp. ("Crude") management agreement
Related Party Transaction
Number of vessels	3					5
Vessel operating expenses	$ 1,041	$ 1,020	$ 1,010
Sales and purchase fee		1.00%
Commercial service fee		1.25%
Management agreement termination fees				$ 10,124	$ 9,858
Management agreement waiver terms	Effective from January 1, 2017 the Manager agreed to waive going forward (i) the sale and purchase fee equal to 1% of the gross purchase or sale price upon the consummation of any purchase or sale of the three vessels and (ii) the commercial services fee equal to 1.25% of all gross charter revenues generated by each of the three vessels for commercial services rendered.

X

- Definition

This item represents the commercial services fee in all gross charter revenues generated by vessels of Crude Carriers Corp (a subsidiary of Capital Product Partners LP) for commercial services rendered.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_CommercialServiceFee
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Fees related to the termination of the Crude management agreement.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_ContractTermsTerminationFees
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Agreement with the manager to waive going forward the sale and purchase fee and the commercial services fee.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_ManagementAgreementWaiverTerms
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Number of vessels owned and/ or to be acquired by the partnership.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_NumberOfVessels
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

This item represents a sale and purchase fee as a percentage of the gross purchase or sale price upon the consummation of any purchase or sale of a vessel acquired by Crude Carriers, a subsidiary of Capital Product Partners LP.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_SalesAndPurchaseFee
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Related party vessel operating expenses consist of crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurance, stores, spares, lubricants, management fees and miscellaneous expenses.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	cplp_VesselOperatingExpensesRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	cplp_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The aggregate total of expenses of managing and administering the affairs of an entity, including affiliates of the reporting entity, which are not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- 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

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=cplp_ExecutiveServicesAgreementWithCGPMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=cplp_CapitalShipManagementCorpMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=cplp_FixedFeeManagementAgreementMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=cplp_FloatingFeeManagementAgreementMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=cplp_CrudeCarriersCorpManagementAgreementMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: