This Form 10-Q includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements concern management's expectations, strategic objectives, business prospects, anticipated economic performance and financial condition and other similar matters and involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements discussed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks, uncertainties and other important factors are discussed in the Risk Factors and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. However, it should be understood that it is not possible to identify or predict all such risks, uncertainties and factors, and others may arise from time to time. All of these forward-looking statements constitute the Company's cautionary statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "believe," "plan," "target," "forecast" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements Forward looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which the forward-looking statement is based. It is advisable, however, to consult any further disclosures the Company makes on related subjects in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Overview

The following Management's Discussion and Analysis (the "MD&A") is intended to help the reader understand the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained in the 2021 Annual Report.

The Company provides global marine and support transportation services to offshore energy facilities worldwide. As of March 31, 2022, the Company and its joint ventures operated a diverse fleet of 82 support and specialty vessels, of which 60 were owned or leased-in, 20 were joint-ventured, and two were managed on behalf of unaffiliated third-parties. The primary users of the Company's services are major integrated oil companies, large independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies and emerging independent companies, as well as windfarm operators and installation contractors.

The Company and its joint ventures operate and manage a diverse fleet of offshore support vessels that (i) deliver cargo and personnel to offshore installations including wind farms, (ii) handle anchors and mooring equipment required to tether rigs to the seabed, and assist in placing them on location and moving them between regions, (iii) provide construction, well work-over, maintenance and decommissioning support and (iv) carry and launch equipment used underwater in drilling and well installation, maintenance, inspection and repair. Additionally, the Company's vessels provide accommodations for technicians and specialists. The Company operates its fleet in four principal geographic regions: the U.S., primarily in the Gulf of Mexico; Africa and Europe; the Middle East and Asia; and Latin America, primarily in Mexico, Brazil and Guyana. The Company's vessels are highly mobile and regularly and routinely move between countries within a geographic region. In addition, the Company's vessels are redeployed among geographic regions, subject to flag restrictions, as changes in market conditions dictate. The number and type of vessels operated, their rates per day worked and their utilization levels are the key determinants of the Company's operating results and cash flows. Unless a vessel is cold-stacked, there is little reduction in daily running costs for the vessels and, consequently, operating margins are most sensitive to changes in rates per day worked and utilization. The Company manages its fleet utilizing a global network of shore side support, administrative and finance personnel.




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Offshore oil and natural gas market conditions are highly volatile. Prices deteriorated beginning in the second half of 2014 and continued to deteriorate when oil prices hit a thirteen-year low of less than $27 per barrel (on the New York Mercantile Exchange) in February 2016. Oil prices were as high as $76 per barrel in October 2018 but experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related effects on the global economy, with the price per barrel going negative for a short period of time. Oil prices have steadily increased since the lows hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and recently hit a multi-year high of $116 per barrel primarily as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as the related economic sanctions. While the Company has experienced difficult market conditions over the past few years due to low oil and natural gas prices and the focus of oil and natural gas producing companies on cost and capital spending budget reductions, the recent increase in oil and natural gas prices has led to an increase in utilization, day rates and customer inquiries about potential new charters.

The Company's operations and financial results were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of decreased demand for the Company's services and the increase in costs due to operational changes enacted to enhance crew and on-shore employee health and safety. While business has rebounded from the lows caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company continues to closely monitor the dynamics related to the COVID-19 pandemic so that it may adjust its operations if necessary.

Certain macro drivers somewhat independent of oil and natural gas prices may support the Company's business, including: (i) underspending by oil and gas producers during the recent industry downturn leading to pent up demand for maintenance and growth capital expenditures; and (ii) improved extraction technologies. While we expect that alternative forms of energy will continue to grow and add to the world's energy mix especially as governments, supranational groups and various other parties focus on climate change causes and concerns, the Company believes that for the foreseeable future demand for gasoline and oil will be sustained, as will demand for electricity from natural gas. Some alternative forms of energy such as offshore wind facilities have the potential to support, in part, the Company's business. Low oil prices and the subsequent decline in offshore exploration have forced many operators in the industry to restructure or liquidate assets. The Company continues to closely monitor the delivery of newly built offshore support vessels to the industry-wide fleet, which in the recent past contributed to an oversaturated market, thereby further lowering the demand for the Company's existing offshore support vessel fleet. A continuation of (i) low customer exploration and drilling activity levels, and (ii) continued excess supply of offshore support vessels whether from laid up fleets or newly built vessels could, in isolation or together, have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows and growth prospects.

The Company adheres to a strategy of cold-stacking vessels (removing from active service) during periods of weak utilization in order to reduce the daily running costs of operating the fleet, primarily personnel, repairs and maintenance costs, as well as to defer some drydocking costs into future periods. The Company considers various factors in determining which vessels to cold-stack, including upcoming dates for regulatory vessel inspections and related docking requirements. The Company may maintain class certification on certain cold-stacked vessels, thereby incurring some drydocking costs while cold-stacked. Cold-stacked vessels are returned to active service when market conditions improve, or management anticipates improvement, typically leading to increased costs for drydocking, personnel, repair and maintenance in the periods immediately preceding the vessels' return to active service. Depending on market conditions, vessels with similar characteristics and capabilities may be rotated between active service and cold-stack. On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews its cold-stacked vessels to determine if any should be designated as retired and removed from service based on the vessel's physical condition, the expected costs to reactivate and restore class certification, if any, and its viability to operate within current and projected market conditions. As of March 31, 2022, five of the Company's 60 owned and leased-in, in-service vessels were cold-stacked worldwide.




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Recent Developments

OSV Partners. SEACOR OSV PARTNERS I LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("OSV Partners I"), was a joint venture that owned and operated five PSVs for which the Company acted as one of the general partners and also held a limited partnership interest in. On December 31, 2021, pursuant an agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement") among SEACOR Marine, SEACOR Offshore OSV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("SEACOR Offshore OSV") and OSV Partners I, OSV Partners I merged with and into SEACOR Offshore OSV with SEACOR Offshore OSV surviving the merger (the "Merger").

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,567,935 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), as follows:


      (i)   531,872 shares of Common Stock as consideration for the Merger paid to
            OSV Partners I's limited partners (other than the Company and its
            subsidiaries), and


      (ii)  1,036,063 shares of Common Stock as payment to settle all amounts and
            other obligations outstanding under the Subordinated PIK Loan
            Agreement, dated September 28, 2018 (as amended on December 22, 2021,
            the "PIK Loan Agreement") and paid to the former lenders thereunder
            (all of whom were limited partners of OSV Partners I).

In connection with the Merger, the Company and SEACOR Offshore OSV assumed and guaranteed approximately $18.1 million of OSV Partners I's third-party indebtedness outstanding under the amended and restated senior secured term loan credit facility agreement dated as of September 28, 2018, by and among OSV Partners I and lenders and other parties thereto.

As a result of the Merger, the five 201', 1,900 tons deadweight capacity, PSVs owned by OSV Partners I are now 100% owned by the Company, bringing the Company's owned PSV fleet to 20. Of the five PSVs previously owned by OSV Partners I, three are U.S. flagged and currently located in the Gulf of Mexico, and two are Marshall Island flagged and currently located in the Middle East. As of December 31, 2021, these five PSVs had an average age of seven years.




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