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Refinancing (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	$ 428
ABN And DVB [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	213
ABN And DVB [Member] | Future Acquisition [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	20
Nordea And SEB [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	151
CACIB [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	64
CACIB [Member] | Two Vessels [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	39
CACIB [Member] | Additional Financing [Member]
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount	$ 25

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- Definition

Amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1927-112601

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