SEACOR

A few years ago no-one in Europe knew much about Seacor, apart from the fact that they were ship-owners. Now we know them as large ship-owners. The have purchased both Smit-Lloyd and Stirling and operate a fleet of over 20 ships in the US Gulf. They also own the former French company Fish. It is sometimes difficult to identify the fleet, because, in a manner similar to Tidewater they do not bother to change the names of the vessels.

In February 2005 they sold their Uk based fleet to Havila - though retained ownership of Boston Putford, now their only representation in the UK.

Seacor are known in America for their innovative approach to deepwater anchor-handling and Milt Rose their President gave a paper at the 1999 Offshore Support Vessel conference in Southampton on that topic.