Shares Issued For Asset Purchase, Contingently Returnable

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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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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Number of shares of stock issued during the period as part of a transaction to acquire assets that do not qualify as a business combination.

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The sum of dilutive potential common shares or units used in the calculation of the diluted per-share or per-unit computation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information (Details) - shares		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 23, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation (in shares)		58,000
Dilutive shares included in calculation (in shares)			129,000	141,000
Shares issued for purchase of vessels (in shares)		0	0	16,035,856
Trafigura \| Assets Under Sale and Purchase Agreement
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Shares issued for purchase of vessels (in shares)	16,035,856
Shares issued for asset purchase, contingently returnable (in shares)			2,041,795