EXHIBIT 99.2

                                                                   PRESS RELEASE


                            SEACOR HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES
                         EXPANSION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS


HOUSTON, TEXAS
September 8, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CKH) announced today that it
has expanded its Board of Directors to twelve members and added Messrs. Steven
Webster and Christopher Regan to fill two newly created positions.

Mr. Webster is President and Co-Managing Partner of Avista Capital Partners LP,
an investment partnership which focuses on the energy, media and healthcare
industries. From 2000 through June, 2005, Mr. Webster was Chairman of Global
Energy Partners, an affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston's Alternative
Capital Division. From 1988 through 1997, Mr. Webster was Chairman and CEO of
Falcon Drilling Company, Inc., an offshore drilling company he founded, and
through 1999, served as President and CEO of R&B Falcon Corporation, the
successor to Falcon formed through its merger with Reading & Bates Corporation
and Cliffs Drilling Company. Mr. Webster served as Vice Chairman of R&B Falcon
until 2001 when it merged with Transocean, Inc. Mr. Webster serves on the Board
of Directors of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., Grey Wolf, Inc., Basic Energy Services
Inc., Crown Resources Corporation, Brigham Exploration Company, Goodrich
Petroleum Corporation and various private companies.

Mr. Regan is co-founder and managing director of The Chartis Group, a management
consultancy group, with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco,
offering strategic, operational and organizational advice to leading healthcare
providers, suppliers and payers across the U.S. Mr. Regan was formerly a senior
partner with CSC Healthcare / APM Consulting. Prior to co-founding The Chartis
Group in 2001, Mr. Regan served as President of H-Works, the consulting division
of The Advisory Board Company. Mr. Regan also serves as a Trustee of Hamilton
College, LawrenceHospital Center in Bronxville, New York and Ascension Health
Ventures.

SEACOR is a global provider of marine support and transportation service,
primarily to the energy and chemical industries. SEACOR and its subsidiaries
provide customers with a full suite of marine-related services including
offshore services, U.S. coastwise shipping, inland river services, helicopter
services, environmental services, and offshore and harbor towing services.
SEACOR is uniquely focused on providing highly responsive local service,
combined with the highest safety standards, innovative technology, modern
efficient equipment, and dedicated, professional employees.

For additional information, contact Timothy McKeand, Vice President, at (954)
524-4200 ext. 820 or visit SEACOR's website at www.seacorholdings.com.