Accounts Receivable Securitization	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Transfers And Servicing [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable Securitization	8. Accounts Receivable Securitization The Company maintains a U.S. accounts receivable securitization program with a commitment size of $75.0 million, whereby transactions under the program are accounted for as sales in accordance with ASC Topic 860, “Transfers and Servicing.” On March 3, 2016, the Company replaced the Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 2014 and entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement (“RPA”) among Manitowoc Funding, LLC (“MTW Funding”), as Seller, The Manitowoc Company, Inc., as Servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Purchaser and as Agent. Under the RPA (and the related Purchase and Sale Agreements referenced in the RPA), the Company’s domestic trade accounts receivable are sold to MTW Funding which, in turn, sells, conveys, transfers and assigns to a third-party financial institution (“Purchaser”), all of MTW Funding's rights, title and interest in a pool of receivables to the Purchaser. The Purchaser receives ownership of the pool of receivables in each instance. New receivables are purchased by MTW Funding and sold to the Purchaser as cash collections reduce previously sold investments discharged through normal cash collection processes. The Company acts as the servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) of the receivables and, as such, administers, collects and otherwise enforces the receivables. The Servicer is compensated for doing so on terms that are generally consistent with what would be charged by an unrelated servicer. The Servicer initially receives payments made by obligors on the receivables but is required to remit those payments to the Purchaser in accordance with the RPA. The Purchaser has no recourse for uncollectible receivables. Trade accounts receivable sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $223.4 million and $384.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. Trade receivables sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $160.2 million and $336.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 were $185.9 million and $354.8 million, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were $133.3 million and $249.9 million, respectively. Sales of trade receivables under the program reflected as a reduction of accounts receivable in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were $48.2 million and $31.8 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The proceeds received from the sale of trade receivables under the program are included in cash flows from operating activities; whereas cash collections related to the deferred purchase price are classified as cash flows from investing activities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company deems the interest rate risk related to the deferred purchase price notes to be de minimis, primarily because the average collection cycle of the related receivables is less than 60 days; and as such, the fair value of the Company’s deferred purchase price notes approximates book value. The fair value of the deferred purchase price notes recorded as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $71.7 million and $60.6 million, respectively, and is included in accounts receivable in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 non-cash investing activities related to the increase in the deferred purchase price was $260.1 million and $203.9 million, respectively. The securitization program contains customary affirmative and negative covenants. Among other restrictions, these covenants require the Company to meet specified financial tests, which include a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio which is the same as the covenant ratio required per the ABL Revolving Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants pertaining to the RPA, as amended.

8. Accounts Receivable Securitization

The Company maintains a U.S. accounts receivable securitization program with a commitment size of $75.0 million, whereby transactions under the program are accounted for as sales in accordance with ASC Topic 860, “Transfers and Servicing.”

On March 3, 2016, the Company replaced the Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 2014 and entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement (“RPA”) among Manitowoc Funding, LLC (“MTW Funding”), as Seller, The Manitowoc Company, Inc., as Servicer, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Purchaser and as Agent.

Under the RPA (and the related Purchase and Sale Agreements referenced in the RPA), the Company’s domestic trade accounts receivable are sold to MTW Funding which, in turn, sells, conveys, transfers and assigns to a third-party financial institution (“Purchaser”), all of MTW Funding's rights, title and interest in a pool of receivables to the Purchaser.

The Purchaser receives ownership of the pool of receivables in each instance. New receivables are purchased by MTW Funding and sold to the Purchaser as cash collections reduce previously sold investments discharged through normal cash collection processes. The Company acts as the servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) of the receivables and, as such, administers, collects and otherwise enforces the receivables. The Servicer is compensated for doing so on terms that are generally consistent with what would be charged by an unrelated servicer. The Servicer initially receives payments made by obligors on the receivables but is required to remit those payments to the Purchaser in accordance with the RPA. The Purchaser has no recourse for uncollectible receivables.

Trade accounts receivable sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $223.4 million and $384.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. Trade receivables sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $160.2 million and $336.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 were $185.9 million and $354.8 million, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were $133.3 million and $249.9 million, respectively.

Sales of trade receivables under the program reflected as a reduction of accounts receivable in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were $48.2 million and $31.8 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The proceeds received from the sale of trade receivables under the program are included in cash flows from operating activities; whereas cash collections related to the deferred purchase price are classified as cash flows from investing activities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company deems the interest rate risk related to the deferred purchase price notes to be de minimis, primarily because the average collection cycle of the related receivables is less than 60 days; and as such, the fair value of the Company’s deferred purchase price notes approximates book value. The fair value of the deferred purchase price notes recorded as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $71.7 million and $60.6 million, respectively, and is included in accounts receivable in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 non-cash investing activities related to the increase in the deferred purchase price was $260.1 million and $203.9 million, respectively.

The securitization program contains customary affirmative and negative covenants. Among other restrictions, these covenants require the Company to meet specified financial tests, which include a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio which is the same as the covenant ratio required per the ABL Revolving Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants pertaining to the RPA, as amended.