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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements |
Assets Held For Rent [Text Block] | 5. Assets held for rent Assets held for rent consist of the following as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
(In thousands) |  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Shippers placed in service |  | $ | 5,433 |  |  | $ | 3,171 |
Fixed assets held for rent |  |  | 3,603 |  |  |  | - |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (1,284 | ) |  |  | (411 | )
Net |  |  | 7,752 |  |  |  | 2,760 |
Shippers and related components in production |  |  | 2,334 |  |  |  | 1,945 |
Total |  | $ | 10,086 |  |  | $ | 4,705 |
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 $410,000 and $873,000 in depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $186,000 and $581,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

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