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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Assets Held For Rent [Text Block] |
5 . | Assets held for rent
Assets held for rent consist of the following at December 31, 2019:
(In thousands) |  | December 31, 2019 |
Shippers placed in service |  | $ | 3,073 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (174 | )
Net |  |  | 2,899 |
Shippers and related components in production |  |  | 1,023 |
Total |  | $ | 3,922 |
Shippers and related components in production include shippers complete and ready to be deployed and placed in service upon a customer order, shippers in the process of being assembled, and components available to build shippers. We recognized $174,000 in depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the year ended December 31, 2019.

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