Debt instrument covenant minimum security coverage percentage of aggregate loan principal.

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Debt instrument covenant percentage of total indebtedness.

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Debt instrument interest expense coverage ratio.

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Debt instrument maximum consolidated leverage ratio.

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Debt instrument minimum consolidated liquidity total consolidated cash and cash equivalents.

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Debt instrument minimum consolidated liquidity unrestricted consolidated cash and cash equivalents.

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Debt instrument per piece of property covenant.

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Debt instrument property aggregate covenant.

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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, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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DEBT (Sinosure Credit Facility) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 604,897	$ 661,095
Debt instrument interest expense coverage ratio		2.25
Scenario, Plan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest expense coverage ratio	2.50
Seaways Holding Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest expense coverage ratio		2.00
Sinosure Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 255,845	$ 267,443
Debt instrument covenant minimum security coverage percentage of aggregate loan principal		135.00%
Debt instrument maximum consolidated leverage ratio		0.60%
Debt instrument minimum consolidated liquidity unrestricted consolidated cash and cash equivalents		$ 25,000
Debt instrument minimum consolidated liquidity total consolidated cash and cash equivalents		$ 50,000
Debt instrument covenant percentage of total indebtedness		5.00%
Debt instrument property aggregate covenant		$ 9,000
Debt instrument per piece of property covenant		$ 1,500