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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES-Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Jul. 09, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Jul. 16, 2015
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage held by each shareholder (as a percent) |  |  | 5.00% |  |
Federal tax rate (as a percent) |  |  | 4.00% |  |
Total revenue earned | $ 1,584 |  | $ 2,340 | $ 3,175 |
Taxable income | (212,362) |  | (217,048) | (252,547) |
Income tax expense | 996 |  | $ 709 | 1,821 |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of value of outstanding shares owned by the qualified shareholders |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Combined ownership held by 5% shareholders (as a percent) |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Percentage of shipping income attributable to transportation that begins or ends in the United States included in United States source shipping income (in hundredths) |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Federal tax rate (as a percent) |  |  | 35.00% |  |
Vessel Management Services |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue earned | 3,893 |  | $ 2,340 | 6,410 |
Taxable income | 2,178 |  | 1,502 | 3,880 |
Income tax expense | 978 |  | 709 | 1,753 |
Vessel Management Services | Intersegment Elimination |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue earned | (2,309) |  | $ 0 | (3,235) |
Predecessor |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue earned |  | $ 1,701 |  |  |
Taxable income |  | (1,012,435) |  |  |
Income tax expense |  | 815 |  |  |
Predecessor | Vessel Management Services |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue earned |  | 3,857 |  |  |
Taxable income |  | 1,723 |  |  |
Income tax expense |  | 776 |  |  |
Predecessor | Vessel Management Services | Intersegment Elimination |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue earned |  | (2,156) |  |  |
Baltic Trading | United States |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Taxable income | 450 |  |  | 1,706 |
Income tax expense | $ 18 |  |  | $ 68 |
Baltic Trading | Predecessor | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate voting power held (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 50.00%
Baltic Trading | Predecessor | United States |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes |  |  |  |  |
Taxable income |  | 965 |  |  |
Income tax expense |  | $ 39 |  |  |

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