Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Transfers And Servicing [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements	12. Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements The Company has various U.S. and Non-U.S. accounts receivable financing programs. The Company accounts for transactions under these arrangements 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. The commitment size of the RPA is $75.0 million. 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. The Purchaser receives ownership of the pool of receivables in each instance. New receivables are purchased by MTW Funding and resold to the Purchaser to replace 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 receivables sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $863.5 million and $691.0 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $781.6 million and $609.8 million, respectively. Sales of trade receivables under the program reflected as a reduction of accounts receivable in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets were $75.0 million and $31.8 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The proceeds received, including collections on the deferred purchase price notes, are included in cash flows from operating activities in the accompanying 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 December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $71.5 million and $60.6 million, respectively, and is included in accounts receivable in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 non-cash investing activities related to the increase in the deferred purchase price was $594.2 million, $538.1 million and $490.9 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 December 31, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants inclusive of the financial covenants pertaining to the RPA, as amended. Based on management’s current plans and outlook, the Company believes it will be able to comply with these covenants during the subsequent twelve months. The Company has two non-U.S. accounts receivable financing programs. Under these financing programs, the Company sold €215.7 million of receivables and received €215.7 million of cash on the sold receivables. The maximum availability under these programs is €45 million.

Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements

12. Accounts Receivable Securitization and Other Factoring Arrangements

The Company has various U.S. and Non-U.S. accounts receivable financing programs. The Company accounts for transactions under these arrangements 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. The commitment size of the RPA is $75.0 million.

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.

The Purchaser receives ownership of the pool of receivables in each instance. New receivables are purchased by MTW Funding and resold to the Purchaser to replace 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 receivables sold to the Purchaser and being serviced by the Company totaled $863.5 million and $691.0 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Cash proceeds received from customers related to the receivables previously sold for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $781.6 million and $609.8 million, respectively.

Sales of trade receivables under the program reflected as a reduction of accounts receivable in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets were $75.0 million and $31.8 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The proceeds received, including collections on the deferred purchase price notes, are included in cash flows from operating activities in the accompanying 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 December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $71.5 million and $60.6 million, respectively, and is included in accounts receivable in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 non-cash investing activities related to the increase in the deferred purchase price was $594.2 million, $538.1 million and $490.9 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 December 31, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants inclusive of the financial covenants pertaining to the RPA, as amended. Based on management’s current plans and outlook, the Company believes it will be able to comply with these covenants during the subsequent twelve months.

The Company has two non-U.S. accounts receivable financing programs. Under these financing programs, the Company sold €215.7 million of receivables and received €215.7 million of cash on the sold receivables. The maximum availability under these programs is €45 million.