ACCOUNTING POLICIES 3 (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items]
Average period over which market price of scrap per ton is calculated	10 years
Number of Recycling Markets	3
Profit share expense percentage (in hundredths)	25.00%	20.00%
Vessel [Member]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life	25
Property, Plant and Equipment, Other Types [Member]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life	5

Average period over which market price of scrap per ton is calculated up to delivery date

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Number of Recycling Markets used to calculate the market price of scrap per tonne

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Represents the percentage used to calculate profit share expenses, which are amounts due to Ship Finance based on this percentage of the excess of vessel revenues earned by the Company over the base hire paid to Ship Finance for chartering in the vessels.

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Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment).

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