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Investment in OC-BVI (Details) - Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] - USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |
Current assets | $ 5,228,414 | $ 4,323,792
Non-current assets | 4,183,483 | 4,682,650
Total assets | 9,411,897 | 9,006,442
Current liabilities | 359,572 | 584,116
Non-current liabilities | 1,777,950 | 1,650,252
Total liabilities | $ 2,137,522 | $ 2,234,368

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