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Note 14 - Interest and Finance Costs (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Interest And Finance Costs [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Interest and Finance Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |
Interest on debt (Note 8) |  |  | 1,521 |  |  |  |
Bank charges |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | 13 |
Amortization of financing fees |  |  | 285 |  |  |  | - |
Interest on M/T Delos termination fee (Note 17) |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 31 |
Total |  |  | 1,912 |  |  |  | 44 |
Interest and Finance Costs |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Interest on debt (Note 10) |  |  | 10,068 |  |  |  | 7,240 |  |  |  | 4,644 |
Bank charges |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 297 |  |  |  | 964 |
Amortization and write-off of financing fees |  |  | 2,234 |  |  |  | 1,437 |  |  |  | 1,835 |
Amortization of debt discount |  |  | 3,965 |  |  |  | 371 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 16,283 |  |  |  | 9,345 |  |  |  | 7,443 |

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