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The date that the credit facility was arranged by the CMTC.

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Number of periodic payments of a credit facility.

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The number of loan tranches.

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

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Gross amount of debt refinanced.

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The date the Partnership entered into a firm offer letter with a syndicate of lenders for a senior secured term loan facility.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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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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Latest date the outstanding debt instruments are required to be repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of payment greater than the preceding installment payments to be paid at final maturity date of debt.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Date the first payment under the line of credit must be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of the frequency of periodic payments, which may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, monthly, quarterly, annually).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of the required periodic payment applied to principal.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding calculated over time.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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