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Indebtedness - Additional Information (Detail) | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2013 Troms Offshore Supply AS Public bonds USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2013 Troms Offshore Supply AS Public bonds NOK | Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum Troms Offshore Supply AS Public bonds
Debt [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt extinguished amount |  | $ 82,100,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember | 500,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember |
Repayment of bond at average price as a percentage of par value |  | 105.00%tdw_LongTermDebtAveragePricePercentageOfParValue / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember | 105.00%tdw_LongTermDebtAveragePricePercentageOfParValue / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember |
Loss on early extinguishment of bond | $ (4,144,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt | $ (4,100,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember | (26,000,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember |
Interest rate |  |  |  | 5.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis = us-gaap_BondsMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Debt instrument maturity, month and year |  | 2016-04 | 2016-04 |

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