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Debt Instrument, Maximum Cumulative Payable

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Debt Instrument, Maximum Increase Amount

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Payments Of Other Financing Costs

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Vessels Secured By First Priority Mortgage

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt - New Ultraco Debt Facility (Details)				12 Months Ended
Debt - New Ultraco Debt Facility (Details)	Jun. 09, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2020 USD ($) vessel	Jan. 25, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 04, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Financing costs paid to lenders	$ (381,471)				$ (3,533,770)	$ 0
Other financing costs	200,000			$ 141,634	1,655,353	2,465,037
New Ultraco Debt Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from long term debt	$ 22,550,000				$ 187,760,000	$ 0
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability under revolver facility				$ 55,000,000.0
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 208,400,000				$ 34,300,000
Maximum increase amount			60,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs			$ 3,100,000				$ 400,000
Maximum cumulative payable		$ 4,600,000
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Vessels secured by first priority mortgage \| vessel		26
Minimum liquidity threshold		$ 600,000
Percentage of consolidated total debt, minimum threshold		750.00%
Minimum ratio of consolidated tangible assets to consolidated total assets covenant		0.30
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated interest coverage ratio		1.50
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated interest coverage ratio		2.50
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders \| Effective Date, First Year
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt principal amount		$ 5,100,000
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Ultraco Lenders \| Effective Date, Second Year To Maturity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt principal amount		$ 7,800,000
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			2.50%
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 153,400,000
New Ultraco Debt Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eagle Bulk Ultraco LLC \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity on line of credit facility			$ 55,000,000.0