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Transactions with related party
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions with related party
Transactions with related party
 
On October 15, 2014, the Company entered into a Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Delphin Shipping LLC (“Delphin”). As per the Management Agreement, the technical management fee was $700 per vessel per day. The commercial management fee was 1.25% of charter hire; provided, however, that no commercial management fee shall be payable with respect to a charter hire that is earned while a vessel is a member of a pool and with respect to which a fee is paid to the pool manager. The former Chief Executive Officer of the Company was one of the investors in Delphin.

On May 22, 2015, the Company received a termination notice to the Amended Management Agreement from Delphin. The notice of termination was given pursuant to the terms of the Amended Management Agreement and became effective as of August 22, 2015.   
  
Total management fees for the year ended December 31, 2015 amounted to $2,379,787. The total reimbursable expenses amounted to $227,105.