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Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Jun. 04, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Extended useful life, months     30tdw_IncreaseOfAmortizationPeriod        
Inspection interval     The majority of the company's vessels require certification inspections twice in every five year period        
Goodwill       $ 283,699us-gaap_Goodwill [1],[2] $ 297,822us-gaap_Goodwill [1]    
Goodwill impairment 283,699us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 56,283us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 283,699us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss [2] 56,283us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss      
Troms Offshore Supply AS              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Goodwill           $ 42,200us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember
$ 42,160us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= tdw_TromsOffshoreSupplyAsMember
[3]
Maximum              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Highly liquid investments, maturities     3 months        
Marine Equipment | Maximum              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Percentage of salvage values     10.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tdw_MarineEquipmentMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
       
Marine Equipment | Maximum | From Date of Construction              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Estimated useful lives, years     25 years        
Marine Equipment | Minimum              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Percentage of salvage values     5.00%us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentSalvageValuePercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tdw_MarineEquipmentMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
       
Marine Equipment | Minimum | From Date of Construction              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Estimated useful lives, years     15 years        
Marine Equipment | Minimum | Regardless of Date Constructed              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Estimated useful lives, years     6 years        
Other Property Plant and Equipment | Maximum              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Estimated useful lives, years     30 years        
Other Property Plant and Equipment | Minimum              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Estimated useful lives, years     3 years        
Stacked Vessels              
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]              
Property plant and equipment average age     20.7tdw_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAverageAge
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tdw_StackedVesselsMember
32.2tdw_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAverageAge
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tdw_StackedVesselsMember
     
[1] The total carrying amount of goodwill at December 31, 2013 is net of accumulated impairment charges $30.9 million and $56.3 million related to the Middle East/North Africa and Asia/Pacific segments, respectively.
[2] The total carrying amount of goodwill at December 31, 2014 is net of accumulated impairment charges of $370.9 million.
[3] Subsequently written off in December 2014.