Earnings Per Share (Basic and Diluted) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings per share [abstract]
Profit (loss)	$ 98,562	$ 176,455
Net earnings	$ 97,428	$ 177,882
Basic earnings per share (shares)	210,298,000	210,085,000
Basic earnings per share (in USD per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.85
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock Options (shares)	137,000	210,000
Diluted earnings per share (shares)	210,435,000	210,295,000
Diluted earnings per share (in USD per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.85
Potentially dilutive securities excluded from diluted EPS (shares)	65,044	24,902

The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. [Refer: Ordinary shares [member]; Weighted average [member]]

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