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GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS AND TERMINATION OF CHARTERS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Loss/(gain) on sale of assets and termination of charters		$ (14)	$ 114	$ (7,364)
Proceeds from sale of vessels and termination of charters		4,932	(2,003)	42,275
Vessel impairment charge		$ 0	$ 29,161	42,410
Sale of offshore supply vessel Sea Bear [Member]
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Loss/(gain) on sale of assets and termination of charters	$ (14)
Proceeds from sale of vessels and termination of charters	$ 5,100
Vessel impairment charge				$ 8,100

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The gains (losses) included in earnings resulting from the sale or disposal of tangible assets and termination of charters. This item does not include any gain (loss) recognized on the sale of oil and gas property or timber property.

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Proceeds from sale of vessels and termination of charters.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2420-110228

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
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