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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Maximum original maturity of highly liquid investments, in order to be classified as cash and cash equivalents (in months)	3
Write off of doubtful accounts	$ 6	$ 0
Scrap value per light weight ton (LWT)	$0.2
Vessels useful life	25 years
Number of Reportable Segments	1
Minimum
Interval between vessel drydocking	30
Maximum
Interval between vessel drydocking	60

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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss on accounts receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119407570&loc=SL82919249-210447

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(5))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116634182&loc=SL114868664-224227

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