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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 Months Ended |  | 6 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 Months Ended |  |  |  | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 1 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 2 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 3 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 4 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 5 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 6 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 7 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 8 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 9 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 10 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Swap 11 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract 1 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract 2 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) Rate | Jun. 30, 2014 NOK 500 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2014 [Member] NOK | Dec. 31, 2013 NOK 500 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2014 [Member] NOK | Oct. 07, 2010 NOK 500 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2014 [Member] NOK | Jun. 30, 2014 NOK 600 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2017 [Member] NOK | Dec. 31, 2013 NOK 600 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2017 [Member] NOK | Oct. 19, 2012 NOK 600 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2017 [Member] NOK | Jun. 30, 2014 NOK 600 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2017 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 NOK 900 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2019 [Member] NOK | Mar. 19, 2014 NOK 900 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2019 [Member] NOK | Dec. 31, 2013 NOK 900 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2019 [Member] NOK | Jun. 30, 2014 NOK 900 million senior unsecured floating rate bonds due 2019 [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 436,500,000 | 500,000,000 | 572,000,000 | 564,000,000 | 600,000,000 |  | 892,000,000 | 900,000,000 | 0 |
Derivative, Fair value [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets | 7,320,000 | 16,633,000 | 646,000 | 6,565,000 | 6,674,000 | 10,068,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial instruments (short-term): at fair value | 2,568,000 | 5,705,000 | 1,987,000 | 2,279,000 | 581,000 | 0 | 0 | 3,358,000 | 0 | 68,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities | 59,980,000 | 56,490,000 | 42,691,000 | 44,006,000 | 1,782,000 | 3,183,000 | 14,974,000 | 8,915,000 | 533,000 | 386,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inception date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Mar. 31, 2010 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2008 | Apr. 30, 2011 | May 31, 2011 | Aug. 31, 2011 | Apr. 30, 2012 | May 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Feb. 28, 2013 | Mar. 04, 2013 |  | Mar. 05, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Oct. 19, 2012 |  |  |  | Mar. 05, 2014
Maturity date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Mar. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Aug. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Jan. 31, 2019 | Aug. 31, 2021 | May 31, 2019 | Aug. 31, 2022 | Oct. 31, 2017 | Dec. 21, 2017 | Apr. 25, 2023 |  | Mar. 19, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Oct. 19, 2017 |  |  |  | Mar. 19, 2019
Notional principal | 1,225,400,000 | 1,188,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 167,895,000 | 69,713,000 | 35,686,000 | 40,002,000 | 59,591,000 | 100,000,000 | 173,142,000 | 176,333,000 | 46,550,000 | 100,000,000 | 151,008,000 |  | 105,436,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 105,436,000 |  |  |  | 151,000,000
Notional principal, at maturity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 122,632,000 | $ 69,713,000 | $ 24,794,000 | $ 23,394,000 | $ 34,044,000 | $ 100,000,000 | $ 153,804,000 | $ 79,733,000 | $ 32,142,000 | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Interest Rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.85% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.03% | 5.32% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed interest rate range, low end (in hundredths) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.96% |  | 4.05% | 2.13% | 0.80% | 2.50% | 3.67% | 1.76% | 0.81% | 1.85% |  |  | 5.92% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed interest rate range, high end (in hundredths) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.22% |  | 4.15% | 2.80% | 2.58% | 2.93% | 3.77% | 1.85% | 0.82% | 1.97% |  |  | 6.23% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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