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Business Combination, Average Age Of Acquired Property

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities, Excluding Banking Debt

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Operating Lease

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Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Working Capital

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Number Of Vessels

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interests issued by the acquirer, including but not limited to, instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Amount of long-term debt due within one year or within the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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Acquisition of Tanker Investments Ltd. (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 27, 2017 USD ($) vessel $ / shares shares	May 31, 2017 shares	Nov. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) vessel	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares) \| shares				269,397
Purchase price consideration				$ 5,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired					100.00%
Total acquisition cost	$ 177,400
Suezmax Tankers
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel					2
Aframax Tanker
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel					1
LR2 Tankers [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel					2
TIL
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Number Of Shares Acquiring \| shares		27,000,000
Purchase price consideration	$ 151,300		$ 151,262
Business acquisition, share price per share agreed (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 13.60
Secured debt	$ 338,900
Transaction costs	6,900
Percentage of voting interests acquired		11.30%						11.30%
Fair value	19,200
Working capital	47,100
Liabilities, excluding banking debt	47,100
Vessels	467,200
Existing time-charter contracts	200
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Long-term Debt	$ 337,100
TIL \| Suezmax Tankers
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel	10
TIL \| Aframax Tanker
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel	6
TIL \| Vessels
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Average age of acquired vessels	7 years 4 months
TIL \| LR2 Tankers [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel	2
TIL \| Class A
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share exchange (in shares) \| shares		0.4
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares (in shares) \| shares	11,122,193		11,122,193
Business acquisition, share price per share agreed (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 13.6		$ 13.6