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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Acquisitions [Abstract]  
Acquisitions
(2) ACQUISITIONS

On October 11, 2016, the Company purchased certain assets of Valley Power Systems, Inc. and Valley Power Systems Northwest, Inc. (collectively “VPS”) for $11,440,000 in cash. The assets purchased are mainly related to the EMD Power Products (“EMD”) engine supply and repair business of VPS and include an EMD distributor agreement to sell engines in nine western states.  As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded $8,330,000 of goodwill and $2,070,000 of intangibles with a weighted average amortization period of approximately 15 years.  The Company expects all of the goodwill to be deductible for tax purposes.

On June 30, 2016, the Company purchased an 80,000 barrel coastal tank barge from TD Equipment Finance, Inc. (“TD Equipment”) for $13,682,000 in cash. The Company had been leasing the barge from TD Equipment prior to its purchase.

On June 2, 2016, the Company purchased four coastal tugboats from Crosby Marine Transportation LLC for $26,450,000 in cash. The four coastal tugboats have an average age of 13 years.

On April 15, 2016, the Company purchased the inland tank barge fleet of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (“Seacor”) from subsidiaries of Seacor for a total value of $89,181,000. The assets purchased consisted of 27 inland 30,000 barrel tank barges and 14 inland towboats.  The purchase price was comprised of $85,500,000 in cash and the transfer to Seacor of a Florida-based ship docking tugboat with a value of $3,681,000. The average age of the 27 inland tank barges was ten years. Seacor, through its subsidiary, SCF Waxler Marine LLC, transported refined petroleum products, petrochemicals and black oil on the Mississippi River System and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. As a result of the acquisition, the Company recorded $985,000 of goodwill and expects all of the goodwill to be deductible for tax purposes. No intangibles other than goodwill were identified in the acquisition.

Pro forma results of the acquisitions made in 2016 have not been presented as the pro forma revenues, earnings before taxes on income, net earnings and net earnings per share would not be materially different from the Company’s actual results.