Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation	1. Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (“Manitowoc” and the “Company”) was founded in 1902 and has over a 118-year tradition of providing high-quality, customer-focused products and support services to its markets. Manitowoc is one of the world’s leading providers of engineered lifting solutions. Manitowoc, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports comprehensive product lines of mobile hydraulic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, Potain and Shuttlelift brand names. The Company serves a wide variety of customers, including dealers, rental companies, contractors, and government entities, across the petrochemical, industrial, commercial construction, power and utilities, infrastructure and residential construction end markets. Additionally, the Company leverages its installed base of approximately 152,000 cranes to provide aftermarket parts and services to enable its customers to manage their fleets more effectively and improve their return on investment. Due to the ongoing and predictable maintenance needed by cranes, as well as the high cost of crane downtime, Manitowoc’s aftermarket support operations provides the Company with a consistent stream of recurring revenue. The Company continues to expand its tower crane rental fleet in Europe to directly service its customers in the region. The Company has three reportable segments, the Americas segment, Europe and Africa (“EURAF”) segment and Middle East and Asia Pacific (“MEAP”) segment. The segments were identified using the “management approach,” which designates the internal organization that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Refer to Note 17, “Segments” for additional information. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the cash flows for the same three-month periods and the balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and except as otherwise discussed, such adjustments consist of only those of a normal recurring nature. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year and do not contain information included in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2020. Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations dealing with interim financial statements. However, the Company believes that the disclosures made in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s latest annual report on Form 10-K. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. All amounts, except share and per share amounts, are in millions throughout the tables in these notes unless otherwise indicated. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic There is still uncertainty regarding the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could include continuing or new restrictions on the Company’s access to its facilities or on its support operations or workforce, or similar limitations impacting its customers, dealers and suppliers. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and/or liquidity may differ from management’s current estimates due this inherent uncertainty.

Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

1. Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (“Manitowoc” and the “Company”) was founded in 1902 and has over a 118-year tradition of providing high-quality, customer-focused products and support services to its markets. Manitowoc is one of the world’s leading providers of engineered lifting solutions. Manitowoc, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports comprehensive product lines of mobile hydraulic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, Potain and Shuttlelift brand names. The Company serves a wide variety of customers, including dealers, rental companies, contractors, and government entities, across the petrochemical, industrial, commercial construction, power and utilities, infrastructure and residential construction end markets. Additionally, the Company leverages its installed base of approximately 152,000 cranes to provide aftermarket parts and services to enable its customers to manage their fleets more effectively and improve their return on investment. Due to the ongoing and predictable maintenance needed by cranes, as well as the high cost of crane downtime, Manitowoc’s aftermarket support operations provides the Company with a consistent stream of recurring revenue. The Company continues to expand its tower crane rental fleet in Europe to directly service its customers in the region.

The Company has three reportable segments, the Americas segment, Europe and Africa (“EURAF”) segment and Middle East and Asia Pacific (“MEAP”) segment. The segments were identified using the “management approach,” which designates the internal organization that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Refer to Note 17, “Segments” for additional information.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the cash flows for the same three-month periods and the balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and except as otherwise discussed, such adjustments consist of only those of a normal recurring nature. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year and do not contain information included in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2020. Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations dealing with interim financial statements. However, the Company believes that the disclosures made in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s latest annual report on Form 10-K.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. All amounts, except share and per share amounts, are in millions throughout the tables in these notes unless otherwise indicated.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

There is still uncertainty regarding the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could include continuing or new restrictions on the Company’s access to its facilities or on its support operations or workforce, or similar limitations impacting its customers, dealers and suppliers. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and/or liquidity may differ from management’s current estimates due this inherent uncertainty.