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GENERAL INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block] | NOTE 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Pangaea”) is a provider of seaborne drybulk transportation services. Pangaea utilizes its logistics expertise to service a broad base of industrial customers who require the transportation of a wide variety of drybulk cargoes, including grains, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite and limestone. The Company addresses the transportation needs of its customers by undertaking a comprehensive set of services and activities, including cargo loading, cargo discharge, vessel chartering, voyage planning, and technical vessel management. The Company is a holding company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda as an exempted company on April 29, 2014 in connection with the mergers described below. Bulk Partners (Bermuda) Ltd. (“Bulk Partners”), which following the mergers, is wholly owned by the Company, and which is also a holding company that was incorporated under the laws of Bermuda as an exempted company on June 17, 2008, by three individuals who are collectively referred to as the Founders.

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