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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details)														6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 13, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 07, 2016 $ / shares shares	May 18, 2016 shares	Apr. 15, 2016	Feb. 17, 2016 item shares	Jul. 29, 2015 shares	Jul. 17, 2015 shares	Jul. 13, 2015 shares	Dec. 18, 2014 shares	Aug. 07, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 09, 2014 item shares	Apr. 09, 2014 shares	Mar. 15, 2010 item	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 09, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 $ / shares shares	Jun. 26, 2015 shares	Mar. 13, 2014 shares	May 17, 2012 shares	Mar. 03, 2010 shares	Jul. 12, 2005 shares
Nonvested Stock Awards
Reverse stock split		0.1
Number of Shares
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)																89,526
Common Stock
Nonvested Stock Awards
Reverse stock split		0.1
Common Stock | Minimum
Nonvested Stock Awards
Reverse stock split				0.04
Common Stock | Maximum
Nonvested Stock Awards
Reverse stock split				0.50
Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Nonvested Stock Awards
Warrants exercisable	213,937
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $																$ 27,765,000
Peter C. Georgiopoulos | Minimum
Nonvested Stock Awards
Exercise price per share | $ / shares	$ 259.10
Peter C. Georgiopoulos | Maximum
Nonvested Stock Awards
Exercise price per share | $ / shares	$ 341.90
Peter C. Georgiopoulos | Separation and release agreement
Nonvested Stock Awards
Severance payment | $	$ 500,000
Restricted Stock | Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)	68,581
Restricted Awards and Warrants | Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $																$ 5,317,000
2005 and 2012 GS&T Plans | Predecessor
Nonvested Stock Awards
Number of anniversaries in which award vests															4 years
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)															880,465			880,465
Vested (in shares)															(880,465)
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares															$ 7.77			$ 7.77
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares															$ 7.77
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $															$ 691,000
2005 and 2012 GS&T Plans | Predecessor | General and Administrative Expense.
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $															$ 2,403,000
2005 and 2012 GS&T Plans | Predecessor | Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Nonvested Stock Awards
Number of anniversaries in which award vests, which are not granted as part of grants to all directors															10 years
2005 GS&T Plan | Predecessor
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards																							2,000,000
2012 GS&T Plan | Predecessor
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards																					3,000,000
2014 MIP Plan
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards											9,668,061				9,668,061
Percentage of Common Stock outstanding ( In percent)															1.80%
Reverse stock splits (in shares)											966,806
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)																74,040	111,060
Granted (in shares)														111,060
Vested (in shares)																(64,785)	(37,020)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)														111,060		9,255	74,040	111,060
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 200.00	$ 200.00
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														$ 200.00
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																200.00	200.00
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														$ 200.00		$ 200.00	$ 200.00	$ 200.00
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $														$ 0		$ 336,000	$ 2,662,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost | $																$ 368,000
Weighted-average period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost																7 months 6 days
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $														$ 5,464,000		$ 5,795,000	$ 10,585,000
2014 MIP Plan | Warrants
Nonvested Stock Awards
Volatility rate ( as a percent)										43.91%
Volatility rate term										6 years
Risk-free interest rate ( as a percent)										1.85%
Dividend rate ( as a percent)										0.00%
Total fair value of outstanding awards upon emergence from bankruptcy | $										$ 54,436,000
Percentage of warrant vest for anniversaries of the grant date										33.33%
Number of anniversaries in which award vests										3 years
Number of tiers of MIP Warrants | item											3
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)																5,704,974	8,557,461
Granted (in shares)														8,557,461
Exercisable (in shares)																(4,991,852)	(2,852,487)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)														8,557,461		713,122	5,704,974	8,557,461
Weighted Average Exercise price
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 303.12	$ 303.12
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														$ 303.12
Exercisable (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																303.12	303.12
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														303.12		$ 303.12	303.12	$ 303.12
Weighted-average remaining contractual life																3 years 7 months 6 days
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 6.36	6.36
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														6.36
Exercisable (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																6.36	6.36
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														$ 6.36		$ 6.36	$ 6.36	$ 6.36
Number of warrants																7,844,339
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)																303.12
Weighted average remaining contractual life, exercisable																3 years 7 months 6 days
Exercisable (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 303.12
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost | $																$ 902,000
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $														$ 13,390,000		$ 14,203,000	$ 25,941,000
2014 MIP Plan | Warrants | $259.10 Warrants
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards										2,380,664
Warrants exercisable		238,066
Strike price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 259.10
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares										$ 7.22
2014 MIP Plan | Warrants | $287.30 Warrants
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards										2,467,009
Warrants exercisable		246,701
Strike price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 287.30
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares										$ 6.63
2014 MIP Plan | Warrants | $341.90 Warrants
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards										3,709,788
Warrants exercisable		370,979
Strike price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 341.90
Fair value of warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares										$ 5.63
2015 EIP Plan
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards																400,000			4,000,000
Number of Shares
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards, reverse stock split		400,000
2015 EIP Plan | Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)					408,163
2015 EIP Plan | Restricted Stock Units
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $																$ 405,000	$ 337,000
2015 EIP Plan | Restricted Stock Units | Board of Directors
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)																5,821
Granted (in shares)			666,664			58,215		16,188								66,666	7,440
Vested (in shares)			(3,493)		(2,328)		(1,619)								0	(5,821)	(1,619)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)																66,666	5,821
Vested shares before stock split (in shares)					23,286
Vested, post stock reverse split (in shares)		2,328
Number of common shares outstanding in respect of RSUs																3,138	0
Number of resignations from the Board of Directors | item					2
Number of shares vested																7,440
Weighted Average Grant Date Price, Vested | $ / shares																$ 71.18
Weighted Average Exercise price
Weighted-average remaining contractual life																4 months 17 days
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 71.50
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																5.10	$ 71.18
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																71.50	70.00
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 5.10	$ 71.50
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $																$ 30,000	$ 116,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost | $																$ 128,000
Weighted-average period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost																4 months 17 days
2015 EIP Plan | Restricted Stock
Nonvested Stock Awards
Number of anniversaries in which award vests																3 years
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)																61,224
Vested (in shares)																(47,619)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)																13,605
Weighted Average Fair Value
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 5.20
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																5.20
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																$ 5.20
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $														$ 0		$ 285,000	$ 0
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Unrecognized compensation cost | $																$ 42,000
Weighted-average period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost																1 year 10 months 13 days
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $																$ 277,000
2015 EIP Plan | Restricted Stock | Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Number of Shares
Vested (in shares)																(40,816)
Baltic Trading Plan | Baltic Trading
Number of Shares
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)															1,381,429		1,941,844	1,381,429
Granted (in shares)																		1,086,345
Vested (in shares)							(1,941,844)										(1,941,844)	(525,930)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)														1,941,844				1,941,844
Weighted Average Fair Value
Balance at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares															$ 6.03		$ 3.80	$ 6.03
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																		2.61
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares																	$ 3.80	7.21
Balance at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares														$ 3.80				$ 3.80
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $														$ 1,168,000			$ 2,913,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Number of anniversaries in which award vests in connection with IPO | item													4
Number of anniversaries in which award vests not in connection with IPO | item													4
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $														$ 1,551,000			$ 5,273,000
Baltic Trading Plan | Peter C. Georgiopoulos | Baltic Trading
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)									700,000
Baltic Trading Plan | Predecessor | Baltic Trading
Nonvested Stock Awards
Aggregate number of shares of common stock available for awards																				6,000,000		2,000,000
Additional disclosures
Total fair value of shares vested | $															$ 1,143,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock awards
Recognized nonvested stock amortization expense | $															$ 1,949,000
Baltic Trading Plan | Predecessor | Board of Directors | Baltic Trading
Number of Shares
Granted (in shares)												36,345

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