Defined contribution plan annual contribution per employee percent.

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Defined contribution plan assumptions used calculating benefit obligation post retirement rate of return on investments.

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Defined contribution plan assumptions used calculating benefit obligation pre retirement rate of return on investments.

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- Definition

Defined contribution plan assumptions used calculating benefit obligation rate of pension increase.

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Defined Contribution Plans Expected Annual Employer Contributions To Plans

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Inflation rate percentage.

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Number Of Annual Contribution Commitment

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 30
-Section 35
-Paragraph 50
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49178875&loc=d3e12355-114930

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920

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The amount of increase or decrease in the fair value of plan assets during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=58740216&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Plan assets of a defined benefit plan, as a percentage of projected benefit obligation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Employee Retirement Plans - Global Marine Systems (Guernsey) Pension Plan (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) contribution	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined contribution section employees contribution (as a percent)	50.00%
Market value of defined benefit plan assets	$ 170,772	$ 181,877	$ 172,511
Global Marine Systems (Guernsey) Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Actuarial valuation assumption used, pre-retirement return on investment per year (as a percent)	5.30%
Actuarial valuation assumption used, post-retirement return on investment per year (as a percent)	4.40%
Inflation rate percentage	3.70%
Expected rate of pensions increase per year (as a percent)	3.30%
Market value of defined benefit plan assets		3,000
Amount of past service shortfall		$ 200
Percentage of funding ratio		93.00%
Number of annual contributions \| contribution	7
Amount of annual contributions	$ 100
Global Marine Systems (Guernsey) Pension Plan \| Minimum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined benefit, minimum employees contributions percentage	5.00%
Defined contribution section employees contribution (as a percent)	2.00%
Global Marine Systems (Guernsey) Pension Plan \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined benefit, minimum employees contributions percentage	8.00%
Defined contribution section employees contribution (as a percent)	7.50%