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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details Textual)						1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2016 $ / shares	Aug. 10, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 05, 2016	Mar. 30, 2016	Oct. 02, 2015 t	Jul. 31, 2016 t	May 31, 2016 t	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) t	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) t	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
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Vessels In Operation								39	39
Handymax Vessels [Member]
Vessels In Operation								1	1
Newbulding Vessel [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Charters Agreement Term						330 days	270 days
Newbulding Vessel [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Charters Agreement Term						1 year 30 days	1 year 60 days
Newbulding Vessel [Member]
Dead Weight Tonnage of Operating Fleet \| t					38,000	61,000	63,000
Cost Reclassification from Vessel Expenses to General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 [Member]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment								$ 1,400,000
Cost Reclassification from Vessel Expenses to General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 [Member]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment									$ 4,500,000
December 31, 2015 [Member] \| Reclassification of Deferred Financing Costs to Reduction of Long-term Debt [Member]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment											$ 435,816
Reverse Stock Split [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio			20
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage	15.00%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares	$ 0.01
Other Expense [Member]
Termination Payment, Amount								$ 125,254.80	$ 125,254.80
Vessels In Operation								40	40
Dead Weight Tonnage of Operating Fleet \| t								2,199,413	2,199,413
Average Age in Years of Operating Fleet									8 years 219 days
Charters Agreement Term				1 year 180 days	7 years
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock		$ 86,000,000							$ 85,700,535
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues \| shares		29,333,318
Share Price \| $ / shares		$ 3