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Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 25, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		$ 576,177,840		$ 602,087,981
Less: deferred financing fees		9,313,611		10,615,937
Total		566,864,229		591,472,044
Presented as follows:
Current portion of long-term debt		66,472,664		51,820,283
Long-term debt-net of current portion and deferred financing fees		500,391,565		539,651,761
Total		566,864,229		591,472,044
Deferred financing fees
Deferred finance fees, beginning		10,615,937
Additions		68,603
Amortization		(1,370,929)	$ (3,265,563)
Deferred finance fees, end		9,313,611
2015 Facility
Long-Term Debt
Original loan amount					$ 758,000,000
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		367,054,314		385,011,186
Commercial Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		154,905,698		155,205,698
KEXIM Direct Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		82,387,938		89,474,512
KEXIM Guaranteed
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		86,986,559		93,997,081
K-sure Insured
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		42,774,119		46,333,895
Japanese Financings
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		209,123,526		217,076,795
Corsair Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		39,270,834		40,895,833
Concorde Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		43,884,615		45,500,000
Corvette Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		44,423,077		46,038,462
CMNL Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		16,022,024		16,706,845
CNML Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		18,152,976		18,855,655
Cresques Japanese Financing
Debt obligations
Total debt obligations		47,370,000		$ 49,080,000
CJNP LPG Transport LLC \| CJNP Japanese Financing
Long-Term Debt
Vessel purchase price	$ 15,800,000
Deposit retained by buyer used for purchase payment	$ 25,200,000
Presented as follows:
Current portion of long-term debt		$ 14,700,000