ACQUISITIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

ACQUISITIONS [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

(3) ACQUISITIONS

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 $91,681,000. The assets purchased consisted of 27 inland 30,000 barrel tank barges and 13 inland towboats, as well as one 30,000 barrel inland tank barge and one towboat under construction. The purchase price was comprised of a $79,200,000 cash payment on April 15, 2016 and holdbacks of $7,000,000 for new construction and $1,800,000 for inland tank barge maintenance and repairs and the Company transferred ownership to Seacor of a Florida-based ship docking tugboat with a value of $3,681,000. The $1,800,000 holdback for maintenance and repairs was paid in May 2016 and $4,500,000 of the $7,000,000 holdback for new construction was paid in July 2016 with the remaining $2,500,000 expected to be paid by December 31, 2016. 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.

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

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.

Pro forma results of the acquisitions made in the 2016 first nine months 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.