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Note 16 - Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Note 16 - Financial Instruments (Tables) [Line Items] |
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table Text Block] |
|  | Fair Value Measurement as of December 31, 2013 |
|  | Total |  |  | (Level 1) |  |  | (Level 2) |  |  | (Level 3) |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts, current and long-term portion |  | $ | 1,017,748 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 1,017,748 |  |  |  | - |
|  | Fair Value Measurement as of December 31, 2012 |
|  | Total |  |  | (Level 1) |  |  | (Level 2) |  |  | (Level 3) |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts, current and long-term portion |  | $ | 2,393,568 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 2,393,568 |  |  |  | - |
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] |
Note 16 - Financial Instruments (Tables) [Line Items] |
Details of Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Asset [Table Text Block] |
Vessel | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) (amounts in $million) | Loss (amounts in $million)
M/V Ninos | $2.7 | $1.1
M/V Kuo Hsiung | $2.8 | $1.6
M/V YM Xingang | $3.0 | $7.8
M/V Manolis P | $3.8 | $8.3
M/V Cpt Costas | $3.8 | $10.6
M/V Despina P | $3.9 | $6.2
M/V Tiger Bridge | $3.8 | $9.3
M/V Aggeliki | $7.5 | $5.8
M/V Evridiki | $13.0 | $27.5
TOTAL | $44.3 | $78.2

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for impairment of long-lived assets held and used by an entity which includes a description of the impaired long-lived asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, aggregate amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired long-lived asset is reported. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section CC -Subsection 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financial instruments measured at fair value, including those classified in shareholders' equity measured on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Disclosures include, but are not limited to, fair value measurements recorded and the reasons for the measurements, level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements are categorized and transfers between levels 1 and 2. Nonrecurring fair value measurements are those that are required or permitted in the statement of financial position in particular circumstances. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a,b,bb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=SL7498348-110258 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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