Note 11 - Reorganization Items, Net (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Reorganizations [Abstract]
Debtor Reorganization Items, Legal and Advisory Professional Fees	$ 25,356,772
Payments for Reorganization Items	$ 15,500,206egle_PaymentsForReorganizationItems

Amount of reorganization items related to legal and advisory professional fees related to entities in bankruptcy.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 852

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34712771&loc=d3e56145-112766

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 852

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 9

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6916575&loc=d3e55730-112764

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