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Number Of Vessels

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease having initial or remaining lease term in excess of one year to be paid in remainder of current fiscal year.

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918701-209980

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Leases Obligations relating to Operating leases (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) vessel lease	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) vessel lease	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 vessel	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	$ (14,724)		$ (14,724)				$ (25,108)
Time-charter hire expenses (note 5)	8,005	$ 17,714	19,126	$ 44,770
Operating lease right-of-use assets (note 5)	14,435		14,435				52,961
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Remainder of Fiscal Year	17,100		17,100
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Two	9,600		9,600
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Three	6,800		6,800
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Four	6,800		6,800
Long-term operating lease liabilities (note 5)	105		105				$ 29,182
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One	22,800		22,800
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, after Year Four	$ 25,000		$ 25,000
Teekay Tankers \| Subsequent Event
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Number of leases \| vessel					2
Fso
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets (note 5)						$ 29,700
Operating Lease, Liability						$ 29,500
Aframax Tanker [Member] \| Teekay Tankers
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lessee, Future Operating Lease, Term of Contract \| vessel			7
Number Of Vessels to be Chartered In \| vessel	1		1
Aframax Tanker [Member] \| Teekay Tankers \| Subsequent Event
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| vessel					2
STS Support Vessel \| Teekay Tankers
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lessee, Future Operating Lease, Term of Contract \| vessel			2
Number Of Vessels to be Chartered In \| vessel	1		1
LR2 Tanker \| Teekay Tankers
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lessee, Future Operating Lease, Term of Contract \| vessel			18
Number Of Vessels to be Chartered In \| vessel	1		1
Sales-type lease [Member] \| LNG Carriers [Member] \| Teekay LNG
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number Of Vessels \| lease	9		9