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Premium For Use Of Scrubbers, Sulfur Content

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Revenues generated from charterers for the time charter hire of vessels which implies a contract made for the use of a vessel for a specific period of time and at a specified daily charter rate.

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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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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123351226&loc=SL49130556-203045

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Revenues - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Revenues - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) charter	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Time charter revenue	$ 235,129	$ 146,499
Revenue from premium for use of scrubbers	$ 10,071	$ 13,929
Number of vessels employed under voyage charter \| charter	0
Remaining performance obligation			$ 222
Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Charter contract renewal term	1 month
Charter contract typical term	1 month
Premium for use of scrubbers, sulfur content	0.50%
Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Charter contract renewal term	12 months
Charter contract typical term	5 years
Premium for use of scrubbers, sulfur content	3.50%