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	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Debt_Instruments CreditFacility Vessel	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)
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Total principal		$ 976,155,000		$ 1,166,301,000
Repayments of 2 bridge loans and a portion of the revolving credit facility		845,800,000
Prepaid amount		$ 957,541,000	$ 191,592,000
New Debt Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 894,400,000.0
Collateral, number of vessels \| Vessel		36
Minimum hull coverage ratios		125.00%
Actual hull coverage ratio		140.00%
New Debt Facility [Member] \| Not Guaranteed By Teekay Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum liquidity covenant requirement		$ 35,000,000
Minimum liquidity as a percentage of consolidated debt covenant requirement		5.00%
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of margin		0.30%
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of margin		2.00%
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| RevolvingCreditFacility1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total principal		$ 79,100,000		447,000,000
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Remaining Revolving Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total principal		$ 78,600,000		84,000,000
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments \| CreditFacility		2
Total principal		$ 509,368,000		635,330,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| Guaranteed By Teekay Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maintain the greater of free cash liquidity		$ 50,000,000
Minimum liquidity as a percentage of debt		5.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Remaining Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral, number of vessels \| Vessel		2
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments \| CreditFacility		3
Revolving credit facilities borrowing capacity		$ 526,800,000.0		545,500,000.0
Undrawn amount of revolving credit facility		60,000,000		14,600,000
Total principal		466,787,000		$ 530,971,000
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Not Guaranteed By Teekay Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum liquidity covenant requirement		$ 35,000,000
Minimum liquidity as a percentage of consolidated debt covenant requirement		5.00%
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Guaranteed By Teekay Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maintain the greater of free cash liquidity		$ 50,000,000
Minimum liquidity as a percentage of debt		5.00%
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Remainder of 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		$ 10,000,000
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		80,400,000
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		67,300,000
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		0
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		0
Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Thereafter [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in the total amount available under Revolvers		$ 369,100,000
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Actual hull coverage ratio		106.00%		138.00%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
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London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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Percentage of margin		2.00%		2.80%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of margin		0.45%		0.45%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of margin		2.00%		0.60%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Remaining Revolving Credit Facilities [Member]
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Prepaid amount	$ 5,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| Remaining Revolving Credit Facilities [Member]
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Subsidiary of Common Parent [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
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Outstanding balance form co-obligor		$ 0