2.4.0.8301800 - Disclosure - Fair Value measurements (Tables)truefalsefalse1false falsefalsefyp0dhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001386716duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_FairValueDisclosuresAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Fair Value measurements [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_ScheduleOfOtherDerivativesNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsStatementsOfFinancialPerformanceAndFinancialPositionLocationTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<div style="text-indent:0.0px;"></div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=" margin-left: 85.3px;pt;border-collapse: collapse; border: none"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:27px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" colspan="5" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:239px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>Six month period ended<br/> June 30,</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:15px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>2012</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>2013</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:15px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:15px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">Freight Derivatives</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">$</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">64</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">$</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">-</font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:15px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">Interest rate swaps</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">-</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">438</font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:320px;height:15px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>Total</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>$</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>64</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:26px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>$</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:84px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>438</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:320px;"></td> <td style="width:18px;"></td> <td style="width:26px;"></td> <td style="width:84px;"></td> <td style="width:17px;"></td> <td style="width:26px;"></td> <td style="width:84px;"></td> </tr> </table> <div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTabular disclosure for other derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments of (a) the location and amount of gains and losses reported in the statement of financial performance and (b) the location and fair value amounts of the instruments reported in the statement of financial position.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5624171-113959 false0Schedule of derivative instruments3false 2us-gaap_ScheduleOfInterestRateDerivativesTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<div style="text-indent:0.0px;"></div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=" margin-left: 84.0px;pt;border-collapse: collapse; border: none"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:300px;height:30px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" colspan="5" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:260px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>Significant Other Observable Inputs <br/>(Level 2)</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:300px;height:26px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>December 31,<br/>2012</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>June 30,<br/>2013</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:300px;height:15px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b> </b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:300px;height:15px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">Interest rate swaps - asset position</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">$</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">-</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">$</font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ccffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; ">438</font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:300px;height:15px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>Total</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:18px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>$</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>0</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border:solid #000000 0.0px;width:17px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "> </font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:21px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>$</b></font></div></td> <td valign="bottom" style=" border-left:solid #000000 0.0px; border-top:solid #000000 0.0px; border-right:solid #000000 0.0px; border-bottom:double #000000 3.0px;width:100px;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:0.0px;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:13.3px;color:#000000; "><b>438</b></font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:300px;"></td> <td style="width:18px;"></td> <td style="width:21px;"></td> <td style="width:100px;"></td> <td style="width:17px;"></td> <td style="width:21px;"></td> <td style="width:100px;"></td> </tr> </table> <div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTabular disclosure of interest rate derivatives, including, but not limited to, the fair value of the derivatives, statement of financial position location, and statement of financial performance location of these instruments.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5624171-113959 false0Schedule of interest rate derivativesfalseFair Value measurements (Tables)UnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.starbulk.com/20130630/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables13