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deferred finance costs, net.

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

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Number of reporting units tested for impairment of goodwill. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment.

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) reporting_unit recycling_market	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 23, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Average period over which market price of scrap per ton is calculated		10 years
Number of recycling markets \| recycling_market		3
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit		1
Deferred finance costs, net. \| $		$ 10,674	$ 3,186
Vessel [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life		25 years
Property, Plant and Equipment, Other Types [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life		5 years
Golden Ocean [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					58.00%	31.60%
Stock dividend (in shares) \| shares	75.4
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		20.00%
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		50.00%
Reverse acquisition [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage ownership of merged entity from existing shareholders of Frontline 2012				74.60%