Note 9 - Customer Deposits	9 Months Ended
Note 9 - Customer Deposits	Sep. 30, 2012
Deposit Liabilities Disclosures [Text Block]	9. Customer Deposits On July 10, 2011, an amount of $275,000 was received from the charterer of the LPG carrier “Gas Marathon” as a guarantee which is equal to one-month hire. On January 10, 2012, the time charter was extended for twelve months. The above amount will be returned to the charterer at the end of the time charter.

The entire disclosure for deposit liabilities including data and tables. It may include a description of the entity's deposit liabilities, the aggregate amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposit) in denominations of $100,000 or more at the balance sheet date; the aggregate amount of any demand deposits that have been reclassified as loan balances, such as overdrafts, at the balance sheet date; deposits that are received on terms other than those in the normal course of business, the amount of accrued interest on deposit liabilities; securities, mortgage loans or other financial instruments that serve as collateral for deposits; for time deposits having a remaining term of more than one year, the aggregate amount of maturities for each of the five years following the balance sheet date; and the weighted average interest rate for all deposit liabilities held by the entity.

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