Net average vessel's' age in years, of the company's operating fleet.

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Net dead weight tonnage of vessels involved in the company's operating fleet.

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Number of vessels which consists the operating fleet of the entity.

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Total number of vessels contains in the company's operating fleet.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details)			9 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation and General Information (Details)	Sep. 15, 2020 $ / shares	May 04, 2018 t	Sep. 30, 2020 vessel segment t $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of business segments \| segment			1
Number of vessels			49
Dead weight tonnage of operating fleet \| t			2,893,767
Average age of operating fleet			9 years 3 months 18 days
Reverse stock split ratio	0.1428571428571420
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
2013 Built Ultramax Vessel
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Dead weight tonnage of operating fleet \| t		61,425
Number of vessels charted-in			3
Charters agreement term		3 years
Supramax Vessels
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Vessels in operation			29
Ultramax Vessels
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Vessels in operation			20