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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - (Gain) loss on sale of vessels (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Gain on sale of vessels
(Gain) loss on sale of vessels	$ (4,924)	$ 1,855	$ 168
Genco Provence Sales Partially Offset By Losses And Exchange Of Other Vessels
Gain on sale of vessels
(Gain) loss on sale of vessels	$ (4,924)
Genco Charger, Genco Thunder, Baltic Wind, Baltic Breeze, Genco Bay, Baltic Jaguar, Genco Loire, Genco Normandy and Genco Ocean
Gain on sale of vessels
(Gain) loss on sale of vessels		$ 1,855
Genco Challenger, Genco Champion and Genco Raptor
Gain on sale of vessels
(Gain) loss on sale of vessels			$ 168

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- Definition

Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, excluding oil and gas property and timber property.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123570139&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123351718&loc=d3e2443-110228

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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