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Note 13 - Voyage Expenses | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Voyage And Vessel Operating Expenses [Abstract] |  |
Voyage And Vessel Operating Expenses [Text Block] | 13. Voyage Expenses: Voyage expenses consist of commissions. | 15. Voyage and Vessel Operating Expenses: The amounts in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income/(loss) are as follows (expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars):
Voyage Expenses |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Port charges |  |  | 1,141 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 18 |
Bunkers |  |  | 4,684 |  |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 125 |
Commissions |  |  | 1,918 |  |  |  | 822 |  |  |  | 520 |
Total |  |  | 7,743 |  |  |  | 1,023 |  |  |  | 663 |
Vessel Operating Expenses |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Crew wages and related costs |  |  | 5,415 |  |  |  | 361 |  |  |  | - |
Insurance |  |  | 1,165 |  |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | 47 |
Repairs and maintenance |  |  | 1,356 |  |  |  | 179 |  |  |  | 689 |
Spares and consumable stores |  |  | 2,369 |  |  |  | 184 |  |  |  | - |
Taxes (Note 17) |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 9 |
Total |  |  | 10,368 |  |  |  | 814 |  |  |  | 745 |
During 2013, the bareboat charterer of the M/V Evian failed to pay operating expenses of the vessel, as per the bareboat charter party. Hence the Company, in order to avoid the detention of M/V Evian, paid a portion of the operating expenses that the bareboat charterer incurred in 2013 and that related mainly to repairs and maintenance expenses

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- Definition The entire disclosure representing voyage expenses that include commission costs (brokerage, address commission etc), port due costs, bunker expenses and other voyage expenses.Operating expenses denote the aggregate costs of keeping the property in good condition but that does not appreciably prolong the life or increase the value of the property, expenditures for salaries other than officers and all vessel related insurance expense. + References No definition available. + Details
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