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Debt Instrument, Original Issue Discount Rate

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Number of vessels that are to be sold.

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Proceeds from Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment, Amount Transferred To Restricted Cash

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

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Debt - Norwegian Bond Debt (Details)		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	24 Months Ended
Debt - Norwegian Bond Debt (Details)	Nov. 28, 2017 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) vessel	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) vessel	Jul. 29, 2019 vessel	Dec. 31, 2018 vessel
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of vessels sold \| vessel		1	1
Proceeds from sale of vessel			$ 9,159,077	$ 4,594,081
Number of vessels acquired \| vessel							6
Proceeds transferred to defeasance account			13,800,000
Restricted cash - current		$ 25,557,674	25,557,674	$ 1,872,244	$ 18,846,177	$ 5,471,470
Defeasance Deposit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash transferred to defeasance account		11,800,000
Restricted cash - current		$ 25,600,000	$ 25,600,000
Vessel Goldeneye, Skua, Osprey, Hawk and Shrike
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of vessels sold \| vessel					5
Proceeds from sale of vessel					$ 23,200,000
Vessels Kestrel, Thrasher, Condor, Merlin And Thrush
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of vessels sold \| vessel						5		5
Proceeds from sale of vessel						$ 40,400,000
Ultramax Vessels
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of vessels acquired \| vessel		2	2
Payments to acquire vessels			$ 36,100,000
Shipco Vessels
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of vessel			$ 23,600,000
Eagle Bulk Shipco LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments of financing costs	$ 1,300,000
Norwegian Bond Debt Facility \| Senior Subordinated Notes \| Eagle Bulk Shipco LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 200,000,000
Interest Rate Swap detail	8.25%
Original issue discount rate	1.00%
Debt issuance costs, gross	$ 3,100,000
Proceeds from issuance of senior long-term debt	$ 195,000,000
Number of vessels secured \| vessel	19
Maximum leverage ratio			75.00%
Minimum liquidity threshold		$ 12,500,000	$ 12,500,000
Norwegian Bond Debt Facility \| Senior Subordinated Notes \| Eagle Bulk Shipco LLC \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	101.00%