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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company uses derivative instruments to manage certain risks in accordance with its overall risk management policies.

Foreign Exchange Risk

From time to time, the Company economically hedges portions of its forecasted expenditures denominated in foreign currencies with foreign currency forward contracts. As at June 30, 2021, the Company was not committed to any foreign currency forward contracts.

The Company enters into cross currency swaps, and pursuant to these swaps the Company receives the principal amount in NOK on the maturity dates of the swaps, in exchange for payment of a fixed U.S. Dollar amount. In addition, the cross currency swaps exchange a receipt of floating interest in NOK based on NIBOR plus a margin for a payment of U.S. Dollar fixed interest. The purpose of the cross currency swaps is to economically hedge the foreign currency exposure on the payment of interest and principal amounts of the Company’s NOK-denominated bonds due in 2021, 2023 and 2025. In addition, the cross currency swaps economically hedge the interest rate exposure on the NOK bonds due in 2021, 2023 and 2025. The Company has not designated, for accounting purposes, these cross currency swaps as cash flow hedges of its NOK-denominated bonds due in 2021, 2023 and 2025. As at June 30, 2021, the Company was committed to the following cross currency swaps:
Fair Value /
Carrying
Amount of
Asset /
(Liability)
$
Notional
Amount
NOK
Notional
Amount
USD
Floating Rate Receivable  
Reference
Rate
Margin
Fixed Rate
Payable
Remaining
Term (years)
1,200,000 146,500 NIBOR6.00%7.72%(8,667)0.3
850,000 102,000 NIBOR4.60%7.89%(9,843)2.2
1,000,000 112,000 NIBOR5.15%5.74%5,8064.2
(12,704)

Interest Rate Risk

The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements, which exchange a receipt of floating interest for a payment of fixed interest, to reduce the Company’s exposure to interest rate variability on its outstanding floating-rate debt. The Company designates certain of its interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes.
 
As at June 30, 2021, the Company was committed to the following interest rate swap agreements related to its LIBOR-based debt and EURIBOR-based debt, whereby certain of the Company’s floating-rate debts were swapped with fixed-rate obligations: 
Interest
Rate
Index
Principal
Amount
Fair Value /
Carrying
Amount of
Asset /
(Liability)
$
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Term
(years)
Fixed
Swap
Rate
(%)(1)
LIBOR-Based Debt:
U.S. Dollar-denominated interest rate swaps (2)
LIBOR860,941 (34,968)3.62.2
EURIBOR-Based Debt:
Euro-denominated interest rate swaps
EURIBOR62,945 (4,639)2.23.9
(39,607)

(1)Excludes the margins the Company pays on its variable-rate debt which, as of June 30, 2021, ranged from 0.6% to 4.25%.
(2)Includes interest rate swaps with the notional amount reducing quarterly or semi-annually. Two interest rate swaps are subject to mandatory early termination in 2024, at which time the swaps will be settled based on their fair value.
Tabular Disclosure

The following tables present the location and fair value amounts of derivative instruments, segregated by type of contract, on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets.
Prepaid Expenses and OtherGoodwill, Intangibles and Other Non-Current Assets
Accrued Liabilities and Other (1)
Accrued Liabilities and Other (2)
Other Long-Term Liabilities
$$$$$
As at June 30, 2021
Derivatives designated as a cash flow hedge:
Interest rate swap agreements——(63)(3,077)(5,673)
Derivatives not designated as a cash flow hedge:
Interest rate swap agreements—1,465(2,735)(12,979)(16,545)
Cross currency swap agreements2585,562(756)(10,856)(6,912)
Forward freight agreements———(336)—
2587,027(3,554)(27,248)(29,130)
 
Prepaid Expenses and OtherGoodwill, Intangibles and Other Non-Current Assets
Accrued Liabilities and Other (1)
Accrued Liabilities and Other (2)
Other Long-Term Liabilities
$$$$$
As at December 31, 2020
Derivatives designated as a cash flow hedge:
Interest rate swap agreements——(70)(3,162)(9,631)
Derivatives not designated as a cash flow hedge:
Interest rate swap agreements——(5,372)(43,590)(16,048)
Cross currency swap agreements—4,505(701)(11,434)(7,887)
—4,505(6,143)(58,186)(33,566)

(1)Represents accrued interest related to derivative instruments presented in accrued liabilities and other on the consolidated balance sheets (see Note 7).
(2)Represents the current portion of derivative liabilities presented in accrued liabilities and other on the consolidated balance sheets (see Note 7).

As at June 30, 2021, the Company had multiple interest rate swaps and cross currency swaps with the same counterparty that are subject to the same master agreements. Each of these master agreements provides for the net settlement of all derivatives subject to that master agreement through a single payment in the event of default or termination of any one derivative. The fair value of these derivatives is presented on a gross basis in the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets. As at June 30, 2021, these derivatives had an aggregate fair value asset amount of $6.2 million and an aggregate fair value liability amount of $57.6 million.
For the periods indicated, the following tables present the (losses) gains on interest rate swap agreements designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges and their impact on other comprehensive (loss) income (or OCI) (excluding such agreements in equity-accounted investments):

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
$$$$
Amount of (loss) gain recognized in OCI(435)(1,055)4,040(10,226)
Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated OCI to interest expense(825)(482)(1,640)(634)


Realized and unrealized (losses) gains from derivative instruments that are not designated for accounting purposes as cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings and reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on non-designated derivatives in the unaudited consolidated statements of (loss) income as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
$$
$
$
Realized (losses) relating to:
Interest rate swap agreements(4,353)(3,879)(9,271)(6,556)
Interest rate swap agreement termination——(18,012)—
Foreign currency forward contracts———(241)
Forward freight agreements(89)(201)(61)(250)
(4,442)(4,080)(27,344)(7,047)
Unrealized gains (losses) relating to:
Interest rate swap agreements1,323(5,251)31,579(24,063)
Foreign currency forward contracts—53—255
Forward freight agreements(270)8(303)(78)
1,053(5,190)31,276(23,886)
Total realized and unrealized (losses) gains on derivative instruments(3,389)(9,270)3,932(30,933)

Realized and unrealized (losses) gains from cross currency swaps are recognized in earnings and reported in foreign exchange (loss) gain in the unaudited consolidated statements of (loss) income as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
$$$$
Realized losses on maturity and termination of cross currency swaps—(33,844)—(33,844)
Realized losses(1,293)(1,430)(2,638)(3,247)
Unrealized (losses) gains(2,261)45,8822,869(3,658)
Total realized and unrealized (losses) gains on cross currency swaps(3,554)10,608231(40,749)

The Company is exposed to credit loss to the extent the fair value represents an asset in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to the cross currency and interest rate swap agreements; however, the Company does not anticipate non-performance by any of the counterparties. In order to minimize counterparty risk, the Company only enters into derivative transactions with counterparties that are rated A- or better by Standard & Poor’s or A3 or better by Moody’s at the time of the transaction. In addition, to the extent possible and practical, interest rate swaps are entered into with different counterparties to reduce concentration risk.