Excess Purchase Price Over Carrying Value of Acquired Assets

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Excess Purchase Price Over Carrying Value of Acquired Assets, Percentage

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Obligation to Repay Construction Costs In Excess of Stated Amount

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		4 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 22, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments for property, plant and equipment				$ 19,756	$ 27,844
Excess purchase price over carrying value of acquired assets				$ 7,887	$ 0
MEH South Texas Terminals LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	100.00%
Purchase price	$ 27,420
Excess purchase price over carrying value of acquired assets	$ 7,887
Excess purchase price over carrying value of acquired assets, percentage	3.00%
Martin Resource Management \| MEH South Texas Terminals LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Obligation to repay construction costs in excess of stated amount	$ 8,580
Asset under Construction \| MEH South Texas Terminals LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments for property, plant and equipment		$ 4,779
Asset under Construction \| Scenario, Forecast \| MEH South Texas Terminals LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments for property, plant and equipment			$ 8,580