SEACOR Holdings, based in

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, provides equipment and services to the offshore

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and the marine transportation industry.

History

SEACOR was founded in 1989 by Charles Fabrikant. In December 1989, the company acquired the marine unit of

Nicor Gas Nicor Gas is an energy company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. Its largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, is a natural gas distribution company. Founded in 1954, the company serves more than two million customers in a service territory that en ...

. In 1992, the company became a

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via an

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. In 2004, the company acquired

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following its acquisition of Tex-Air Helicopters in 2002. Also in 2004, the company acquired Seabulk. In March 2012, the company sold National Response Corporation and its affiliated businesses to J.F. Lehman & Company. In January 2013, the company sold its energy trading division to Par Pacific Holdings. In 2017, the company acquired International Shipholding Corporation, including

Waterman Steamship Corporation Waterman is an American deep sea ocean carrier, specializing in liner services and time charter contracts. It is owned by SEACOR Holdings. History Waterman was founded in 1919 in Mobile, Alabama by John Barnett Waterman, Henry Crawford Slaton, ...

. In 2018, the company acquired full ownership of CLEANCOR Energy Solutions LLC. In April 2021,

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, a

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, acquired the company.

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