Debt - Original Ultraco Debt Facility (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders \| Original Ultraco Debt Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding balance of debt issuance costs as loss on debt extinguishment	$ 1.2

Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.8)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115205541&loc=SL114868664-224227

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