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Supply Commitment, Investment, Amount

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Supply Commitment, Term

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company before stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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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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General General - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
General General - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 18, 2018	Jan. 23, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total revenues				$ 402,010,000		$ 389,501,000	$ 1,187,818,000	$ 1,141,867,000
Impairment of long-lived assets				0	$ 700,000	0	747,000	8,773,000
One Customer \| Revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total revenues				51,100,000		49,400,000	157,400,000	146,500,000
YF ART Holdings L.P.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage before IPO			100.00%
Ownership percentage after IPO	26.00%
Goldman
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage after IPO	9.90%
IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)			33,350,000
Initial offering price (in USD per share)			$ 16.00
Net proceeds from offering			$ 493,600,000
Secondary Public Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		4,000,000
Initial offering price (in USD per share)		$ 24.50
Net proceeds from offering							$ 92,000,000
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares)		6,000,000
Secondary Public Offering - YF ART Holdings
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		16,500,000
Secondary Public Offering - Goldman Sachs
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		9,100,000
Secondary Public Offering - Fortress Entities
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		7,200,000
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership							100.00%
Australian Strategic Supply Chain Partnership
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Investment for supply agreement		$ 600,000,000
Supply agreement term		4 years
Reimbursements \| One Customer \| Revenue \| Customer Concentration Risk
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total revenues				46,900,000		45,500,000	$ 144,900,000	135,300,000
Argentina
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Total revenues				$ 2,626,000		$ 4,544,000	$ 9,099,000	$ 14,071,000
Argentina \| Operating Income \| Geographic Concentration Risk
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage				3.00%		3.00%	3.00%	3.00%