Business Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014 segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	4
Monohull Vessels [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of vessels under construction	2
Well Intervention [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of vessels under construction	2
Robotics [Member] \| Long Term [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of chartered vessels	4

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

No definition available.

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