RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Constantine Georgiopoulos [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Amount due to the related party	$ 20		$ 0
Constantine Georgiopoulos [Member] | Legal Service [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	20	0
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	323	458
Amount due to the related party	35		83
General Maritime Corporation [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	0	1
Amount due to the related party	0		0
Genco [Member] | Internal Audit Services [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	23	30
Amount due to the related party	7		18
Genco [Member] | Reimbursable Expense [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	106	22
Amount due to the related party	44
Amount due to the entity from a related party			7
Genco [Member] | Commercial Technical Administrative and Strategic Services [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party	2,563	2,109
Genco [Member] | Commercial Service Fees [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Amount due to the related party	51		23
Genco [Member] | Purchase Fee [Member]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Line Items]
Expenses incurred from transactions with related party		$ 410
Purchase fee (in hundredths)	1.00%