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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2003
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                                SEACOR SMIT INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




          DELAWARE                      1-12289                  13-3542736
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(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)


       11200 RICHMOND, SUITE 400
            HOUSTON, TEXAS                                       77082
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (281) 899-4800


                                 Not Applicable.
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

   Exhibit No.        Exhibit
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   99.1               Press Release of SEACOR SMIT Inc., dated November 4, 2003,
                      reporting SEACOR's financial results for the third quarter
                      of 2003.


ITEM 12.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On November 4, 2003, SEACOR SMIT Inc. issued a press release announcing its
financial results for the third quarter of 2003. A copy of the press release is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by
reference.


















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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            SEACOR SMIT INC.

Date: November 5, 2003                      By:  /s/ Lenny P. Dantin
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                                            Name: Lenny P. Dantin
                                            Title: Vice President and
                                                   Chief Accounting Officer



























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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


   Exhibit No.        Exhibit
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   99.1               Press Release of SEACOR SMIT Inc., dated November 4, 2003,
                      reporting SEACOR's financial results for the third quarter
                      of 2003.

















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