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

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Number Of Finance Leases Acquired Through Merger

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

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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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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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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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)	12 Months Ended
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)	Dec. 31, 2019 reporting_unit recycling_market lease	Jan. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of leases acquired through merger \| lease	3
Ownership percentage		28.90%	20.00%
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
Vessel
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life	25 years
Other equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated remaining economic useful life	5 years
Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	20.00%
Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%