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<font size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on&nbsp;
August 16, 2002.</font></p>
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<font size="2">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center">SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
<font size="5">FORM S-8</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
under<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
__________</p>
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<b>HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.</b><i><br>
<font size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></i><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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      <font size="2">Delaware </font></b><i>
      <font size="2"><br>
      (State or other jurisdiction&nbsp; of<br>
&nbsp;incorporation or organization)</font></i></td>
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      <b><font size="2">2500
CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200</font></b><font size="2"> </font></i></td>
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<font size="2">76-0487309</font></b><i><font size="2"><br>
&nbsp;(I.R.S. Employer<br>
Identification No.)</font></i></p>
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      <font size="2">&nbsp; Houston, Texas 77042<br>
&nbsp;</font></b><i><font size="2">(address,
including zip code, <br>
      of Registrant's principal executive offices)</font></i></td>
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<b>
<font size="2">Horizon Offshore, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan</font></b><font size="2"><i><br>
(Full title of the plan)<br>
</i>__________</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">David W. Sharp<br>
&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer<br>
&nbsp;Horizon Offshore, Inc.<br>
2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200<br>
Houston, Texas 77042<br>
(713) 361-2600<br>
</font></b> <i><font size="2">(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,<br>
&nbsp;including area code, of agent for service)</font></i></p>
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<font size="2"><br>
Copy to:<b><br>
William B. Masters<br>
Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re&nbsp;&amp; Den&#232;gre,
L.L.P.<br>
201 St. Charles Avenue<br>
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100<br>
</b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>
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    <font size="2">Title of securities<br>
    to be registered</font></p>
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    <font size="2">Amount to be<br>
    Registered</font><b><sup><font size="2">(1)</font></sup></b></p>
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    <font size="2">Proposed maximum<br>
    offering price per unit</font></p>
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    <font size="2">Proposed maximum<br>
    aggregate offering price</font></p>
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    <font size="2">Amount of<br>
    registration fee</font></p>
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    <p align="left"><font size="2">Common Stock<br>
    ($1.00 par value per
    share)</font></p>
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    <p align="left"><font size="2">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">2,300,000 shares</font></p>
    <p align="right">&nbsp;</p>
    <p align="center"><font size="2">2,300,000 rights</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    $4.55</font><sup><font size="2">(2)</font></sup></p>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    --.--</font><sup><font size="2">(3)</font></sup></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;$10,465,000<sup>(2)</font></sup></p>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    --.--</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;$962.78</font><sup><font size="2">(2)</font></sup></p>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    --.--</font><sup><font size="2">(3)</font></sup></td>
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<font size="1">(1)&nbsp; </font></p>
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<font size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction in the future and during the effectiveness of this Registration
Statement involving the Common Stock of the Company, the number of shares and
rights registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional
shares and rights in accordance with Rule 416(a)&nbsp; under the Securities Act
of 1933.</font></p>
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<font size="1">(2)&nbsp; </font></p>
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    <td width="649" height="24"><font size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Estimated solely for the
    purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
    (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock of the
    Company on The Nasdaq National Market on August 14, 2002.</font></td>
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<sup><font size="1">(3) </font> </sup>
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    <td width="649" height="59"><font size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Preferred Stock Purchase
    Rights are attached to and trade with the Common Stock of the Company.&nbsp;
    The value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the market price of such Common Stock. &nbsp;Because no
    separate consideration is paid for such rights, the registration fee for
    such securities is included in the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fee for&nbsp; the Common Stock. </font>
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<b>
PART II&nbsp;</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify"><b>
<font size="2">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents, which have been filed by
Horizon Offshore, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All other reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the annual report referred to in (a);</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 22, 1998 and effective April 1,
1998, by incorporation by reference to the description of capital stock provided
under the heading "Description of Capital Stock" in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-43965), originally filed with the
Commission on January 9, 1998; and</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights included
in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 18, 2002.</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's financial statements incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP (&quot;Andersen&quot;). On June
14, 2002, the Company's Board of Directors, upon recommendation of its Audit
Committee, dismissed Andersen as its principal public accountants. The Company
has been unable to obtain, after reasonable efforts, Andersen's written consent
to incorporate by reference Andersen's reports on the financial statements.
Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act of 1933 permits
this Registration Statement to be filed without a written consent from Andersen.
The absence of such written consent from Andersen may limit a shareholder's
ability to assert claims against Andersen under Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 for any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions to state a material
fact required to be stated therein.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to
the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by
the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>
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<font size="2">Item 4.</font></b><font size="2"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Description of Securities.</b> </font>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<font size="2">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 6.</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>
<b><font size="2">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">The Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate") contains provisions eliminating the personal liability of the
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches
of their fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.&nbsp; By virtue of these provisions, under current
Delaware law a director of the Company will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for a breach of his or her fiduciary duty except for liability
for (a) a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the Company or to its
stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) dividends or stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law and (d) any
transaction from which he or she receives an improper personal benefit.&nbsp; In
addition, the Certificate provides that if a Delaware law is amended to
authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director,
then the liability of the directors shall be eliminated or limited to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as amended.&nbsp; These provisions pertain
only to breaches of duty by directors as directors and not in any other
corporate capacity, such as officers, and limit liability only for breaches of
fiduciary duties under Delaware corporate law and not for violations of other
laws such as the federal securities laws.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">The Company's By-laws require the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers against certain expenses and costs,
judgments, settlements and fines incurred in the defense of any claim, including
any claim brought by or in the right of the Company, to which they were made
parties by reason of being or having been directors and officers, subject to
certain conditions and limitations.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">In addition, each of the Company's directors has
entered into an indemnity agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the
Company has agreed under certain circumstances to purchase and maintain
directors' and officers' liability insurance.&nbsp; The agreements also provide that
the Company will indemnify the directors against any costs and expenses,
judgments, settlements and fines incurred in connection with any claim involving
a director by reason of his position as director that are in excess of the
coverage provided by such insurance, provided that the director meets certain
standards of conduct.&nbsp; Under the indemnity agreements, the Company is not
required to purchase and maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance
if it is not reasonably available or, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of
Directors, there is insufficient benefit to the Company from the insurance.</font></p>
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<font size="2">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<font size="2">Item 8.</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>
<b><font size="2">Exhibits.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
Poitevent, Carr&#232;re&nbsp;&amp; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P. </font> </p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
Poitevent, Carr&#232;re&nbsp;&amp; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P. (included in
Exhibit 5).</font></p>
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<font size="2">Item 9.</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>
<b><font size="2">Undertakings.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0in"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</font></p>
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<font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on August 16, 2002.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 3.5in; text-align: justify">
HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.5in; text-align: justify; margin-left: 4in">
By:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;/s/
David W. Sharp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
<br>
</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David W. Sharp<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Executive Vice President and <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chief Financial Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center" align="center"><b>
<font size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints each of James
Devine, David W. Sharp and Bill J. Lam, or any one of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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<font size="2">
<u>Title</u>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;/s/
    James Devine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    <br>
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</u><font size="2">James Devine</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">Chairman of the Board</font></td>
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    <p align="right"><font size="2">&nbsp; August 16, 2002</font></td>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    Bill J. Lam&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    Bill J. Lam&nbsp; </font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">President, Chief Executive <br>
    Office and Director<br>
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    <p align="right"><font size="2">&nbsp; August 16, 2002</font></td>
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    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    David W. Sharp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
</u>&nbsp;David W. Sharp</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">Chief Financial Officer<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    /s/ Jonathan D. Pollock &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    <br>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;Director&nbsp; </font></td>
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    /s/ Edward L. Moses, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp; Edward L. Moses, Jr.</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;Director&nbsp; </font></td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    /s/ Michael R. Latina&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    <br>
</u>&nbsp;Michael R. Latina</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">Director&nbsp; </font></td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;/s/
    Derek Leach&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    <br>
</u>&nbsp; Derek Leach</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;Director&nbsp; </font></td>
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    /s/ J. Louis Frank&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    <br>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 
August 16, 2002.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________
HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction  of
incorporation or organization)
2500
CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200
76-0487309
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Houston, Texas 77042
(address,
including zip code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Horizon Offshore, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
__________
David W. Sharp
Chief Financial Officer
Horizon Offshore, Inc.
2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200
Houston, Texas 77042
(713) 361-2600
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
William B. Masters
Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre,
L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per unit
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock
($1.00 par value per
    share)
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
2,300,000 shares
2,300,000 rights
$4.55
(2)
$        
    --.--
(3)
$10,465,000
(2)
$            
    --.--
$962.78
(2)
$        
    --.--
(3)
(1)
Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction in the future and during the effectiveness of this Registration
Statement involving the Common Stock of the Company, the number of shares and
rights registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional
shares and rights in accordance with Rule 416(a)  under the Securities Act
of 1933.
(2)
Estimated solely for the
    purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
    (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average
of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock of the
    Company on The Nasdaq National Market on August 14, 2002.
(3)
Preferred Stock Purchase
    Rights are attached to and trade with the Common Stock of the Company. 
    The value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of such Common Stock.  Because no
    separate consideration is paid for such rights, the registration fee for
    such securities is included in the
fee for  the Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by
Horizon Offshore, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)    
The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");
(b)    
All other reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the annual report referred to in (a);
(c)    
The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 22, 1998 and effective April 1,
1998, by incorporation by reference to the description of capital stock provided
under the heading "Description of Capital Stock" in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-43965), originally filed with the
Commission on January 9, 1998; and
(d)    
The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights included
in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 18, 2002.
The Company's financial statements incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen"). On June
14, 2002, the Company's Board of Directors, upon recommendation of its Audit
Committee, dismissed Andersen as its principal public accountants. The Company
has been unable to obtain, after reasonable efforts, Andersen's written consent
to incorporate by reference Andersen's reports on the financial statements.
Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act of 1933 permits
this Registration Statement to be filed without a written consent from Andersen.
The absence of such written consent from Andersen may limit a shareholder's
ability to assert claims against Andersen under Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 for any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions to state a material
fact required to be stated therein.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to
the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by
the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.   
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate") contains provisions eliminating the personal liability of the
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches
of their fiduciary duties as directors to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.  By virtue of these provisions, under current
Delaware law a director of the Company will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for a breach of his or her fiduciary duty except for liability
for (a) a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the Company or to its
stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) dividends or stock
repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law and (d) any
transaction from which he or she receives an improper personal benefit.  In
addition, the Certificate provides that if a Delaware law is amended to
authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director,
then the liability of the directors shall be eliminated or limited to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as amended.  These provisions pertain
only to breaches of duty by directors as directors and not in any other
corporate capacity, such as officers, and limit liability only for breaches of
fiduciary duties under Delaware corporate law and not for violations of other
laws such as the federal securities laws.
The Company's By-laws require the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers against certain expenses and costs,
judgments, settlements and fines incurred in the defense of any claim, including
any claim brought by or in the right of the Company, to which they were made
parties by reason of being or having been directors and officers, subject to
certain conditions and limitations.
In addition, each of the Company's directors has
entered into an indemnity agreement with the Company, pursuant to which the
Company has agreed under certain circumstances to purchase and maintain
directors' and officers' liability insurance.  The agreements also provide that
the Company will indemnify the directors against any costs and expenses,
judgments, settlements and fines incurred in connection with any claim involving
a director by reason of his position as director that are in excess of the
coverage provided by such insurance, provided that the director meets certain
standards of conduct.  Under the indemnity agreements, the Company is not
required to purchase and maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance
if it is not reasonably available or, in the reasonable judgment of the Board of
Directors, there is insufficient benefit to the Company from the insurance.
Item 7.   
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
5              Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
23.1         Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in
Exhibit 5).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)           
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
(2)    
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)    
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)    
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)    
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on August 16, 2002.
HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.
By:
/s/
David W. Sharp
David W. Sharp
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints each of James
Devine, David W. Sharp and Bill J. Lam, or any one of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
    James Devine
James Devine
Chairman of the Board
August 16, 2002
/s/
    Bill J. Lam
Bill J. Lam
President, Chief Executive
Office and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 16, 2002
/s/
    David W. Sharp
David W. Sharp
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 16, 2002
/s/ Jonathan D. Pollock
Jonathan D. Pollock
Director
August 16, 2002
/s/ Edward L. Moses, Jr.
Edward L. Moses, Jr.
Director
August 16, 2002
/s/ Michael R. Latina
Michael R. Latina
Director
August 16, 2002
/s/
    Derek Leach
Derek Leach
Director
August 16, 2002
/s/ J. Louis Frank
J. Louis Frank
Director
August 16, 2002