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Number of Vessels under Investments in Sales-Type Leases, Direct Financing Leases and Leaseback Assets

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Sales-Type Lease, Assets Sold And Delivered

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The term, in years, from inception to expiration of a lease or charter.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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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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INVESTMENTS IN SALES-TYPE LEASES AND LEASEBACK ASSETS - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024 vessel	Aug. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 vessel	May 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2024 vessel	Dec. 31, 2023 vessel
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Assets sold and delivered	2
Sales-Type Leases
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Number of vessel charters						9
MSC \| Sales-Type Leases
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Number of vessel charters					7
Frontline Shipping \| Sales-Type Leases
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Assets accounted for as direct financing lease, number sold			2
Landbridge Universal Limited
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Term of lease or charter				7 years
Gain on sale of vessels and rig \| $		$ 2.2