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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-16-013892
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160301
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIDEWATER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098222
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				720487776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06311
		FILM NUMBER:		161478299

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 POYDRAS ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5045681010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 POYDRAS ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIDEWATER MARINE SERVICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780724
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Date of Report <font style="font-style:italic;">(Date of earliest event reported)</font> <font style="font-weight:bold;">March 1, 2016</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;letter-spacing:-0.15pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:'Wingdings';"><font style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Wingdings'">&#111;</font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin-left:18pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 8.01. Other Events.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company notes that certain statements set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K provide other than historical information and are forward looking. The actual achievement of any forecasted results, or the unfolding of future economic or business developments in a way anticipated or projected by the Company, involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company&#8217;s actual performance to be materially different from that stated or implied in the forward-looking statement. Among those risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, include, without limitation, volatility in worldwide energy demand and oil and gas prices; and the potential long-term effects of a depressed level of oil and gas prices; consolidation of our customer base: fleet additions by competitors and industry overcapacity; our views with respect to the need for and timing of the replenishment of our asset base, including through acquisitions or vessel construction; changes in capital spending by customers in the energy industry for offshore exploration, field development and production; loss of a major customer: changing customer demands for vessel specifications, which may make some of our older vessels technologically obsolete for certain customer projects or in certain markets; delays and other problems associated with vessel construction and maintenance; uncertainty of global financial market conditions and difficulty in accessing credit or capital; acts of terrorism and piracy; integration of acquired businesses and entry into new lines of business; disagreements with our joint venture partners; significant weather conditions; unsettled political conditions, war, civil unrest and governmental actions, such as expropriation or enforcement of customs or other laws that are not well developed or consistently enforced, or requirements that services provided locally be paid in local currency, in each case especially in higher political risk countries where we operate; foreign currency fluctuations; labor changes proposed by&#160;international conventions;&#160;increased regulatory burdens and oversight;&#160;changes in laws governing the taxation of foreign source income; retention of skilled workers; and enforcement of laws related to the environment, labor and foreign corrupt practices. Readers should consider all of these risk factors as well as other information contained in this report.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On March 1, 2016, the Company announced that the annulment committee formed by the World Bank&#8217;s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (&#8220;ICSID&#8221;) ruled that subsidiaries of the company are free to pursue the enforcement of a portion of a prior arbitration award against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (&#8220;Venezuela&#8221;).</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000080;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">TIDEWATER INC. &#9679; Pan-American Life Center &#9679; 601 Poydras Street, Suite 1500 &#9679; New Orleans, LA 70130 &#9679; Telephone (504) 568-1010 &#9679; Fax (504) 566-4582</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">NEW ORLEANS, March 1, 2016<font style="font-weight:normal;"> /PRNewswire/ -- Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced today that the annulment committee formed by the World Bank&#8217;s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (&#8220;ICSID&#8221;) ruled that subsidiaries of the company are free to pursue the enforcement of a portion of a prior arbitration award against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (&#8220;Venezuela&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;That portion amounts to $37.2 million after including interest from the date of the expropriation by Venezuela (May 8, 2009).&nbsp;&nbsp;Enforcement on the remaining balance of the award ($28.2 million after including interest from the date of expropriation and reimbursement of legal and other costs) will remain stayed until the conclusion of the annulment proceeding, which the company anticipates will occur this calendar year.&nbsp;&nbsp;The nature of the investments expropriated by Venezuela and the progress of the ICSID proceeding have been previously reported by the company. </font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">CONTACT:&nbsp;&nbsp;Tidewater Inc., New Orleans</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Joe Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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