Face amount of the debt instrument that is available for borrowing at time the agreement is executed.

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The decrease in the percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument if a prepayment is made on the debt instrument.

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The increase in the percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument if the maturity date on the debt instrument is extended.

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The percentage of net offering proceeds required to be paid to the lender of the debt instrument in the event of any public offering of securities by the Company.

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The prepayment amount required to receive a reduction in the percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The prepayment amount required to be made upon delivery of the vessel M/V Knightship under the debt instrument.

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The number of bullet payments in which the debt instrument can be repaid.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral with the net offering proceeds from the public offering of securities by the Company.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral upon delivery of the vessel M/V Knightship.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral for the mandatory prepayment of the net offering proceeds from the public offering of securities by the Company.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral for the voluntary prepayment to the lender of the debt instrument.

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Period of time after the final drawdown date the maturity date of the debt instrument can be extended, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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Transactions with Related Parties, Loan Agreement (Details) $ in Thousands												1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2017 USD ($) Payment	Dec. 21, 2016 shares	Dec. 14, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 13, 2016 shares	Nov. 23, 2016 shares	Oct. 04, 2016 USD ($) Payment	Aug. 10, 2016 shares	Oct. 21, 2015 shares	Sep. 29, 2015 shares	Sep. 11, 2015 shares	Mar. 12, 2015 shares	Oct. 21, 2015 shares	Apr. 03, 2017 shares	Dec. 31, 2016	Nov. 28, 2016 USD ($)
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Issuance of common stock and warrants (in shares) \| shares		1,300,000		10,000,000	1,305,000		1,180,000
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Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Issuance of common stock and warrants (in shares) \| shares													2,019,675
Jelco [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Issuance of common stock and warrants (in shares) \| shares								3,476,520	2,655,740	3,889,980	5,000,100	10,022,240
Jelco [Member] \| Loan Agreement Dated October 4, 2016 [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Face amount						$ 4,150									$ 12,800
Number of bullet payments \| Payment						1
Prepayment necessary to decrease margin on variable rate						$ 5,000
Percentage of net offering proceeds required to be paid upon completion of public offering						25.00%
Prepayment necessary upon delivery of M/V Knightship						$ 1,900
Prepayment made upon delivery of M/V Knightship			$ 1,900
Prepayment made upon completion of public offering			5,000
Mandatory prepayment made based on percentage of net offering proceeds			3,430
Voluntary prepayment made			$ 1,570
Jelco [Member] \| Loan Agreement Dated October 4, 2016 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Decrease in margin on variable rate if prepayment is made			2.00%			2.00%
Increase in margin on variable rate if maturity date is extended						1.50%
Margin on variable rate			7.00%
Jelco [Member] \| Loan Agreement Dated October 4, 2016 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Maturity date														Feb. 28, 2018
Number of months maturity date can be extended from final drawdown date														14 months
Jelco [Member] \| Loan Agreement Dated October 4, 2016 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Maturity date														Feb. 28, 2019
Number of months maturity date can be extended from final drawdown date														26 months
Jelco [Member] \| Jelco Backstop Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Number of bullet payments \| Payment	1
Borrowing capacity	$ 47,500
Jelco [Member] \| Jelco Backstop Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Loan Agreement [Abstract]
Margin on variable rate	7.00%