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Debt Agreement, Increase In Commitments

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Maximum borrowing capacity under a debt agreement on the amount that could be borrowed with a combination of, but not limited to, a line of credit and term loan based under debt agreement.

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Represents the percentage of fair market value of additional vessels to be financed that is used as maximum borrowing capacity under debt agreement.

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Represents the percentage of purchase price of vessels to be acquired that is used as maximum borrowing capacity under debt agreement.

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Represents the ballast water treatment system reserve based on financial covenants under debt agreement.

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Represents the consolidated interest coverage ratio based on financial covenants under debt agreement.

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Represents the debt service reserve in respect to Greenship Vessels based on covenant financials under debt agreement.

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Debt Instrument Covenant Liquidity Reserve

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The minimum threshold for the minimum liquidity required by the covenant.

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Represents the minimum ratio of consolidated tangible assets to consolidated total assets based on financial covenants under debt agreement.

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The minimum threshold that the aggregate market value of the vessels in the companies fleet to the aggregate principal amount of debt outstanding that must be maintained to stay in compliance with the covenant.

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Represents the covenant percentage of consolidated total debt based on financial under debt agreement.

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Deposits On Vessel Purchases

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Represents the number of vessels to be purchased under a vessel agreement.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow for loan and debt issuance costs.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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