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GENERAL INFORMATION (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Jul. 09, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Current Assets Abstract |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 136,077 |  |
Restricted cash | 9,975 |  |
Due from charterers, net | 13,194 |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 30,759 |  |
Time charters acquired | 450 |  |
Total current assets | 190,455 |  |
Noncurrent assets: |  |  |
Vessels, net | 1,538,849 |  |
Deposits on vessels | 30,975 |  |
Deferred drydock, net | 188 |  |
Deferred financing costs, net | 7,060 |  |
Fixed assets, net | 610 |  |
Other noncurrent assets | 514 |  |
Restricted cash | 300 |  |
Investments | 51,804 |  |
Goodwill | 166,067 |  |
Total non current assets | 1,796,367 |  |
Total assets | 1,986,822 |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 65,725 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | 32,242 |  |
Deferred Revenue | 997 |  |
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise | 98,964 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt | 375,789 |  |
Total noncurrent liabilities not subject to compromises | 375,789 |  |
Total liabilities | 474,753 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Common stock | 603 |  |
Additional paid-in capital | 1,232,397 |  |
Total Genco Shipping & Trading Limited shareholders' equity | 1,233,000 |  |
Noncontrolling interest | 279,069 |  |
Total equity | 1,512,069 |  |
Total liabilities and equity | 1,986,822 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt |  | $ 34,324 |
Long-term debt |  | 395,811 |
Deferred revenue |  | 1,397 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  | 28,217 |
Noncontrolling interest |  | 248,573 |
Total current assets |  | 130,326 |
Vessels, net |  | 1,532,843 |
Deposits on vessels |  | 25,593 |
Deferred drydock, net |  | 6,234 |
Deferred financing costs, net |  | 10,271 |
Fixed assets, net |  | 701 |
Other noncurrent assets |  | 514 |
Restricted cash |  | 19,945 |
Investments |  | $ 26,486 |
Discharge of Debt |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Current Assets Abstract |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 87,526 |  |
Total current assets | 87,526 |  |
Noncurrent assets: |  |  |
Deferred financing costs, net | (11,893) |  |
Total non current assets | (11,893) |  |
Total assets | 75,633 |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | (1,086) |  |
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise | (1,086) |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Total liabilities subject to compromise | (1,194,687) |  |
Total liabilities | (1,195,773) |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Common stock | 603 |  |
Additional paid-in capital | 1,232,397 |  |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | (30,357) |  |
Retained (deficit) earnings | 918,338 |  |
Total Genco Shipping & Trading Limited shareholders' equity | 1,271,406 |  |
Total equity | 1,271,406 |  |
Total liabilities and equity | 75,633 |  |
Reclassification to retained (deficit) earnings related to the gain associated with the Company's investments | 34,931 |  |
Reclassification of initial equity to accounts payable | 900 |  |
Proceeds from rights offering | 100,000 |  |
Discharge of Debt | 2007 Credit Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Interest payable classified as liabilities subject to compromise | 1,772 |  |
Discharge of Debt | Amended and Restated Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Payment of deferred financing fees | 3,490 |  |
Discharge of Debt | $253 Million Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Interest payable classified as liabilities subject to compromise | 156 |  |
Line of Credit Facility Unpaid Amount | 5,075 |  |
Discharge of Debt | $100 Million Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Interest payable classified as liabilities subject to compromise | 59 |  |
Line of Credit Facility Unpaid Amount | 1,923 |  |
Reinstatement Of Liabilities |  |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 6,478 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | 27,992 |  |
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise | 34,470 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt | 214,289 |  |
Total noncurrent liabilities not subject to compromises | 214,289 |  |
Total liabilities subject to compromise | (248,759) |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Lease obligations | 815 |  |
Pre-petition accounts payable | 41 |  |
Reinstatement Of Liabilities | DNB Bank ASA |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Termination of interest rate swap | 5,622 |  |
Reinstatement Of Liabilities | $253 Million Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt | 150,343 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt, current | 20,300 |  |
Reinstatement Of Liabilities | $100 Million Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt | 63,946 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term debt, current | 7,692 |  |
Revaluation Of Assets And Liabilities |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Current Assets Abstract |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (41) |  |
Time charters acquired | 450 |  |
Total current assets | 409 |  |
Noncurrent assets: |  |  |
Vessels, net | (1,065,882) |  |
Deposits on vessels | 2,317 |  |
Deferred drydock, net | (16,396) |  |
Fixed assets, net | (3,443) |  |
Goodwill | 166,067 |  |
Total non current assets | (917,337) |  |
Total assets | (916,928) |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Time charters acquired | (16) |  |
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise | (16) |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term lease obligations | (2,670) |  |
Total noncurrent liabilities not subject to compromises | (2,670) |  |
Total liabilities | (2,686) |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Retained (deficit) earnings | (860,875) |  |
Total Genco Shipping & Trading Limited shareholders' equity | (860,875) |  |
Noncontrolling interest | (53,367) |  |
Total equity | (914,242) |  |
Total liabilities and equity | (916,928) |  |
Vessels, net adjustment | 1,083,404 |  |
Prepaid and other current assets fair value adjustment | 138 |  |
Value of shares issued to pre-petition claimants | 1,133,000 |  |
Proceeds from rights offering | 100,000 |  |
Reorganization Value | 1,233,000 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | 32,242 |  |
Long-term debt | 375,789 |  |
Estimated fair value of debt | 408,031 |  |
Deferred revenue | 997 |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 65,725 |  |
Nonfinancial Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure, Total | 66,722 |  |
Noncontrolling interest | 279,069 |  |
Reorganization value of assets | 1,986,822 |  |
Estimated fair value of assets (excluding goodwill) (a) | (1,820,755) |  |
Goodwill | 166,067 |  |
Total current assets | 190,455 |  |
Vessels, net | 1,538,849 |  |
Deposits on vessels | 30,975 |  |
Deferred drydock, net | 188 |  |
Deferred financing costs, net | 7,060 |  |
Fixed assets, net | 610 |  |
Other noncurrent assets | 514 |  |
Restricted cash | 300 |  |
Investments | 51,804 |  |
Total assets excluding goodwill | 1,820,755 |  |
Revaluation Of Assets And Liabilities | Baltic Trading Limited |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest asset revaluation adjustment | 74,355 |  |
Noncontrolling interest, goodwill adjustment | 24,022 |  |
Noncontrolling interest, additional revaluation adjustment | 3,034 |  |
Predecessor |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Current Assets Abstract |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 48,551 |  |
Restricted cash | 9,975 |  |
Due from charterers, net | 13,194 |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 30,800 |  |
Total current assets | 102,520 |  |
Noncurrent assets: |  |  |
Vessels, net | 2,604,731 |  |
Deposits on vessels | 28,658 |  |
Deferred drydock, net | 16,584 |  |
Deferred financing costs, net | 18,953 |  |
Fixed assets, net | 4,053 |  |
Other noncurrent assets | 514 |  |
Restricted cash | 300 |  |
Investments | 51,804 |  |
Total non current assets | 2,725,597 |  |
Total assets | 2,828,117 |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 60,333 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | 4,250 |  |
Deferred Revenue | 997 |  |
Time charters acquired | 16 |  |
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise | 65,596 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Non Current Liabilities [Abstract] |  |  |
Long-term lease obligations | 2,670 |  |
Long-term debt | 161,500 |  |
Total noncurrent liabilities not subject to compromises | 164,170 |  |
Total liabilities subject to compromise | 1,443,446 |  |
Total liabilities | 1,673,212 |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Common stock | 445 |  |
Additional paid-in capital | 849,130 |  |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 30,357 |  |
Retained (deficit) earnings | (57,463) |  |
Total Genco Shipping & Trading Limited shareholders' equity | 822,469 |  |
Noncontrolling interest | 332,436 |  |
Total equity | 1,154,905 |  |
Total liabilities and equity | 2,828,117 |  |
The elimination of deferred financing fees associated with the discharged obligations | (15,383) |  |
The elimination of accumulated other comprehensive income related to interest rate swaps associated with the discharged obligations | (4,574) |  |
Issuance of Successor common stock | (1,133,900) |  |
Net gain on the discharge of Predecessor liabilities related to liabilities subject to compromise and associated issuance of Successor equity | 33,832 |  |
Proceeds from rights offering | 100,000 |  |
Current portion of long-term debt |  |  | $ 1,316,439
Long-term debt |  |  | 163,625
Deferred revenue |  |  | 1,597
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  |  | 27,359
Noncontrolling interest |  |  | 341,336
Goodwill | 166,067 |  |
Total current assets |  |  | 165,878
Vessels, net |  |  | 2,673,795
Deposits on vessels |  |  | 1,013
Deferred drydock, net |  |  | 11,069
Deferred financing costs, net |  |  | 22,011
Fixed assets, net |  |  | 5,104
Other noncurrent assets |  |  | 514
Restricted cash |  |  | 300
Investments |  |  | $ 77,570
Predecessor | Discharge of Debt |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Common stock | (445) |  |
Additional paid-in capital | (849,130) |  |
Predecessor | Discharge of Debt | 2010 Notes |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Discharge of Debt outstanding | 117,473 |  |
Discharge of coupon interest on the 2010 Notes liability | 1,105 |  |
Predecessor | Discharge of Debt | 2007 Credit Facility |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |  |  |
Discharge of Debt outstanding | 1,055,912 |  |
Discharge of the long-term interest payable due pursuant to the 2007 Credit | 13,199 |  |
Predecessor | Revaluation Of Assets And Liabilities |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment, Increase (Decrease), Current Assets Abstract |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 179 |  |
Current liabilities not subject to compromise: |  |  |
Time charters acquired | $ 434 |  |

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