Financial Instruments and Fair Value Disclosures - Derivatives designated as hedging instruments (Table 2) (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Interest rate swaps - Realized Loss	$ 154,637	$ 36,118
Interest and finance costs (Location of Gain / (Loss) Transferred from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income /(Loss) in Statement of Comprehensive Income / (Loss) - Effective Portion)
Interest rate swaps - Realized Loss	$ (154,637)	$ (36,118)

The amount of net gains or losses on interest rate cash flow hedges reclassified during the period to earnings from accumulated other comprehensive income upon the hedged transaction affecting earnings.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4C

-Subparagraph (c)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 133

-Paragraph 45

-Subparagraph b(1)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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