Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Financing Receivables

The following table contains a summary of the Company’s financing receivables by type and the method by which the Company monitors the credit quality of its financing receivables on a quarterly basis.

Class of Financing Receivable	Credit Quality Indicator	Grade	December 31, 2016 $	December 31, 2015 $
Advances to equity accounted investments	Other internal metrics	Performing	10,480	13,980
			10,480	13,980

Summarizes Change in Capitalized Dry-Docking Activity

The following table summarizes the change in the Company’s capitalized dry docking costs, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2016 $		2015 $		2014 $
Balance at the beginning of the year	62,146		35,509		29,269
Cost incurred for dry docking	9,340		39,617		17,072
Dry-dock amortization	(18,736	)	(12,866	)	(10,832	)
Vessel sales	(3,452	)	(114	)	—
Balance at the end of the year	49,298		62,146		35,509