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Number of Vessels Held for Sale

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Sale of Assets (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sale of Assets (Details) $ in Millions	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) vessel	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) vessel	Dec. 31, 2019 vessel
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Impairment Loss			$ 1.4	$ 2.1
Ship To Ship Transfer Business [Member] \| Ship To Ship Transfer Business [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on sale of ship-to-ship transfer business				3.1
Sale of ship-to-ship transfer business	$ 12.7	$ 14.3		27.1
Adjustment for final amounts of cash and other working capital on closing date				$ 1.1
Suezmax Tankers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel			3	3
Number of Vessels Held for Sale \| vessel					2
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets				$ 2.6