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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of assets pledged | Assets Pledged
(in millions of $) | June 30, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Book value of consolidated assets pledged under ship mortgages | 1,650 |  |  | 1,527 |

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