Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tidewater Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$31M
Total assets Below avg plan size
9
Participants Small participant base
80th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3.4M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tidewater Pension Plan · Sponsored by Tidewater Inc. · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$31M in assets, 9 participants

Tidewater Inc.'s Tidewater Pension Plan reported $31M in total assets and 9 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 80th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,637 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Where Tidewater Pension Plan sits by assets

Tidewater Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $31M for 9 participants (~$3.4M/participant), down 32.0% in 2023.

#2,637
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
-32.0%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Tidewater Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tidewater Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$30,842,285 Top 20% higher than 80% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Tidewater Pension Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Tidewater Pension Plan is a micro filing (9 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Tidewater Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $45M in the plan year 2022 filing to $31M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tidewater Pension Plan reported participants fell from 13 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tidewater Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$11M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$15M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 720487776 · Tidewater Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Tidewater Pension Plan · $31M · 9 · 80th

  • TYPE $31M
  • NET 9
  • BOOK 80th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Iron Workers L. No.12 Pension Fund
  • SCH ind #2637

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Tidewater Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tidewater Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$45M
Net Assets (End of Year)$31M
Net Income-$15M
Employer EIN720487776
Plan Effective Date1985-07-16
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tidewater Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tidewater Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$108M 0.9300749008830494% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$100M$102M$104M$106M$108M$110M 202220232024 $107M $108M ▲ +0.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 219 $107M
2023 2 289 $102M
2024 2 307 $108M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Tidewater Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Tidewater Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.030842285 · Participants: 9Tidewater Pension PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Tidewater Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Tidewater Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Tidewater Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Iron Workers L. No.12 Pension Fund in CT ($31M); by covered participants it is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tidewater Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Tidewater Pension Plan contracted severely - down 32.0% during 2023, from $45M to $31M. Reported net income was -$15M.
How have Tidewater Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tidewater Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 0.9%, from $107M to $108M.
Where does Tidewater Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tidewater Pension Plan ranks in the 80th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Tidewater Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Iron Workers L. No.12 Pension Fund in CT ($31M, 185 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tidewater Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants, $3M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 720487776.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.