Revenue at the US-listed shipowner was down over 16% to $260.6m versus the $199.1m seen in the first three months of 2014.

Seacor’s offshore arm posted operating losses of $16.5m on operating revenues of $93.5m in the first quarter

The loss included a $6.6 million impairment charge related to the suspended construction of two offshore support vessels.

“Offshore market conditions continued to deteriorate during the first quarter,” Seacor said in its results statement.

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