<HTML>

<head>
</head>

<body>

<font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
8, 2001.</p>
</font>
<p ALIGN="RIGHT"><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2">Registration No.
333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</font>
<hr size="3" color="#000000">
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2"><br>
Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
__________</p>
</font>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><b><font FACE="TmsRmn 18pt" SIZE="5">FORM S-8</p>
</font></b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
under<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
__________</p>
</font><b><font FACE="TmsRmn 14pt" SIZE="4">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.</font></b><i><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2"><br>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
</font></i>
<table border="0" width="669">
  <tr>
    <td width="184">
<p ALIGN="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2"><b>Delaware&nbsp;<br>
</b><i>
(State or other jurisdiction&nbsp;<br>
of incorporation or organization) </i>
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="331"></td>
    <td width="132">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2"><b>76-0487309</b><i><br>
      (I.R.S. Employer<br>
      Identification No.)</i></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="184">
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
    </td>
    <td width="331">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 10pt" SIZE="2"><b>2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200</b><i>
</i><b>
Houston, Texas 77042</b><i><br>
      (address, including zip code,&nbsp;<br>
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
</i>
      </font></td>
    <td width="132"></td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<p align="center"><b><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Stock Incentive Plan of Horizon
Offshore, Inc.</font></b><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><i><br>
(Full title of the plan)</p>
</i></font>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">__________</p>
<table border="0" width="669" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="185">
  <tr>
    <td width="322" height="21">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" height="21">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Copy to:
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="17">
<p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>David W. Sharp&nbsp;
</b>
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="17"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b> William B. Masters
</b>
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" valign="top" align="center" height="8">
<p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;
</b>
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="8"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b> Jones, Walker,
      Waechter, Poitevent,</b></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="21"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>Horizon Offshore, Inc.&nbsp;
</b>
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="21"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b> Carrere&nbsp;&amp; Denegre,
      L.L.P.</b></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="17"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<p><b>2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200&nbsp;
</b></p>
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="17"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b> 201 St. Charles Avenue
</b>
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="17"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<p><b>Houston, Texas 77042
</b></p>
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="17"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>&nbsp;New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
</b>
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="21"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>(713) 361-2600
</b>
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="331" align="center" height="21"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" align="center" height="21">
<p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><i>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
</i>
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" height="21"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" height="21">
<p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><i>
including area code, of agent for service)
</i>
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" height="21"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="322" height="21">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="331" height="21"></td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
</font>
<div align="left">
<table BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="8" WIDTH="100%" height="294" bordercolordark="#000000">
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="29%" HEIGHT="20">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Title of securities<br>
      to be registered</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="18%" HEIGHT="20"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be<br>
      registered<sup>(1)</sup></font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" HEIGHT="20"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum<br>
      offering price per unit</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="19%" HEIGHT="20"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum<br>
      aggregate offering price</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="14%" HEIGHT="20"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of<br>
      registration fee</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="29%" HEIGHT="234" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p>Common Stock<br>
      ($1.00 par value per share)..</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      <p>Total Common Stock ..........</font></p>

    </td>
    <td WIDTH="18%" HEIGHT="234" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">
      75,000 shares<br>
      571,000 shares<br>
      25,000 shares<br>
      1,500 shares<br>
      15,000 shares<br>
      2,500 shares<br>
      103,000 shares<br>
      20,000 shares<br>
      30,000 shares<br>
      11,500 shares<br>
      15,000 shares<br>
      25,000 shares<br>
      30,492 shares<u><br>
      325,008 shares<br>
      <br>
      </u>1,250,000 shares</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" HEIGHT="234" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">

      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">
      $ 19.25 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>18.00 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>21.09 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>20.90 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>23.28 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>22.75 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>18.94 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>19.25 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>15.88 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>12.43 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>10.06 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>8.69 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>6.44 <sup>(2)<br>
      </sup>18.11 <sup>(3)</p>
      </sup></font>
      <p ALIGN="RIGHT">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="19%" HEIGHT="234" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">

      <p align="right">
      $ 1,443,750<br>
      10,278,000<br>
      527,250<br>
      31,350<br>
      349,200<br>
      56,875<br>
      1,950,820<br>
      385,000<br>
      476,400<br>
      142,945<br>
      150,900<br>
      217,250<br>
      196,369<u><br>
      5,885,895<br>
      <br>
      </u>$22,092,004</font></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="14%" HEIGHT="234" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
      <p align="right">
      $ 360.94<br>
      2,569.50<br>
      131.81<br>
      7.84<br>
      7.30<br>
      14.22<br>
      487.71<br>
      96.25<br>
      119.10<br>
      35.74<br>
      37.73<br>
      54.31<br>
      49.09<u><br>
      1,471.47<br>
      <br>
      </u>$5,523.01</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
  </div>
<table border="0" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td><p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">A total of 1,900,000 shares
      issuable through the Stock Incentive Plan of Horizon Offshore, Inc. were
      previously registered on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-60263. Upon a
      stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the future and
      during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving Common
      Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be
      automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with
      Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td><p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">Computed in accordance with Rule
      457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the price at which
      outstanding options may be exercised.</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td><p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="1">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 on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June 6, 2001.</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<b><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
</font></b><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt"><b>
<p>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents, which have been filed by Horizon Offshore, Inc. (the
&quot;Company&quot;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&quot;Commission&quot;), are incorporated herein by reference:</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2000;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2001;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;31, 2001, February 1, 2001, February 16, 2001, March 8, 2001 and
April&nbsp;27, 2001; and</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 &quot;Description of Capital Stock&quot; of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-43965), originally
filed with the Commission on January 9, 1998.</p>
<p>&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.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities.</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
        <b>
        <p>Item 6.</b>&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
        </b>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the &quot;Certificate&quot;)
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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption From Registration Claimed.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>

        <b>
        <p>Item 8.</b>&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Exhibits.</p>
        <table border="0" width="671">
          <tr>
            <td width="36">
        <p></p>
            </td>
            <td width="42">
        <font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt"> 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>
            </td>
            <td width="577">
        <p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt"> Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
        Poitevent, Carrere&nbsp;&amp;
        Denegre, L.L.P.
</font></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="36">
            </td>
            <td width="22">
        <p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></p>
            </td>
            <td width="577">
        <p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt"> Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
</font></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="36">
            </td>
            <td width="22" valign="top">
        <p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font></p>
            </td>
            <td width="577">
        <p><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt"> Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
        Poitevent, Carrere&nbsp;&amp;
        Denegre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).
</font></p>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </TABLE>
        <p>Item 9.</b>&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Undertakings.</p>
        </b>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &quot;Act&quot;) 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 Act 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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</font><b><font face="TmsRmn 12pt">SIGNATURES</font></p>
</b><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font>
<font face="TmsRmn 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 June&nbsp;5, 2001.</font></p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<table border="0" width="669">
  <tr>
    <td width="363">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="290">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
HORIZON OFFSHORE, INC.
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="363"></td>
    <td width="363">
                                <p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
By: <u>/s/ DAVID W. SHARP

</u>
</font>
      </p>

    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="363"></td>
    <td width="363">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David W. Sharp
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="363"></td>
    <td width="363">
                                <p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp; Executive Vice President and
</font>
      </p>

    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="363"></td>
    <td width="363">

<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chief Financial Officer
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
</font>
<table border="0" width="669">
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>Signature</u> &nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224">
      <p align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 <u>Title</u> &nbsp;
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193">
      <p align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 <u>Date
</u>
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230" valign="top"><p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ JAMES DEVINE&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<br>
James Devine</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" valign="top">
      <p align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
 </u>Chairman of the Board
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193" valign="top" align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230" valign="top"><p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ BILL J. LAM&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;<br>
Bill J. Lam</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><u></u>President, Chief Executive&nbsp;<br>
 Office and Director&nbsp;<br>
      (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td width="193" valign="top" align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230" valign="top"><p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ DAVID W. SHARP<br>
</u>David W. Sharp</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" valign="top">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Chief Financial Officer<br>
      (Principal Financial and<br>
      Accounting Officer)</font></td>
    <td width="193" valign="top" align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230" valign="top">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ JONATHAN D. POLLOCK&nbsp;<br>
 </u>Jonathan D. Pollock
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" valign="top">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193" valign="top" align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230" valign="top">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ EDWARD L. MOSES, JR.&nbsp; </u><br>
Edward L. Moses, Jr.
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" valign="top">
      <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><u></u>Director&nbsp;
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193" valign="top" align="center">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ MICHAEL R. LATINA&nbsp;<br>
 </u>Michael R. Latina
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" align="center" valign="top"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><u></u>Director
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" align="center" valign="top"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
&nbsp;
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" align="center" valign="top"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
<u>
/s/ DEREK LEACH&nbsp; </u><br>
Derek Leach
</font>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" align="center" valign="top"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><u></u>Director&nbsp;
</font>
    </td>
    <td width="193" align="center" valign="top">
<font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
 June 5, 2001
</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p></p>
    </td>
    <td width="224" align="center" valign="top"></td>
    <td width="193" align="center"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="230">
<p>&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
    <td width="224"></td>
    <td width="193"></td>
  </tr>
</TABLE>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

</body>

</HTML>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "forms86801.htm", "description": "FORM S-8", "secsgml_size_bytes": 28800}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "HORIZON OFFSHORE INC", "cik": "0001051431", "assigned-sic": "1389", "irs-number": "760487309", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-62630", "film-number": "1657209"}, "business-address": {"street1": "HORIZON OFFSHORE INC", "street2": "2500 CITY WEST BLVD., STE. 2200", "city": "HOUSTON", "state": "TX", "zip": "77042", "phone": "7133612600"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "HORIZON OFFSHORE INC", "street2": "2500 CITY WEST BLVD., STE. 2200", "city": "HOUSTON", "state": "TX", "zip": "77042"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
8, 2001.
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)
76-0487309
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200
Houston, Texas 77042
(address, including zip code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Stock Incentive Plan of Horizon
Offshore, Inc.
(Full title of the plan)
__________
Copy to:
David W. Sharp
William B. Masters
Chief Financial Officer
Jones, Walker,
      Waechter, Poitevent,
Horizon Offshore, Inc.
Carrere & Denegre,
      L.L.P.
2500 CityWest Boulevard, Suite 2200
201 St. Charles Avenue
Houston, Texas 77042
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
(713) 361-2600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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)..
Total Common Stock ..........
75,000 shares
571,000 shares
25,000 shares
1,500 shares
15,000 shares
2,500 shares
103,000 shares
20,000 shares
30,000 shares
11,500 shares
15,000 shares
25,000 shares
30,492 shares
325,008 shares
1,250,000 shares
$ 19.25
(2)
18.00
(2)
21.09
(2)
20.90
(2)
23.28
(2)
22.75
(2)
18.94
(2)
19.25
(2)
15.88
(2)
12.43
(2)
10.06
(2)
8.69
(2)
6.44
(2)
18.11
(3)
$ 1,443,750
10,278,000
527,250
31,350
349,200
56,875
1,950,820
385,000
476,400
142,945
150,900
217,250
196,369
5,885,895
$22,092,004
$ 360.94
2,569.50
131.81
7.84
7.30
14.22
487.71
96.25
119.10
35.74
37.73
54.31
49.09
1,471.47
$5,523.01
(1)
A total of 1,900,000 shares
      issuable through the Stock Incentive Plan of Horizon Offshore, Inc. were
      previously registered on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-60263. Upon a
      stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the future and
      during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving Common
      Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be
      automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with
      Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Computed in accordance with Rule
      457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the price at which
      outstanding options may be exercised.
(3)
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 on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June 6, 2001.
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 annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2000;
(b)        
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2001;
(c)        
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 31, 2001, February 1, 2001, February 16, 2001, March 8, 2001 and
April 27, 2001; and
(d)        
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" of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-43965), originally
filed with the Commission on January 9, 1998.
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, Carrere &
        Denegre, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2
Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter,
        Poitevent, Carrere &
        Denegre, 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 (the "Act") 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 Act 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 Act 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 June 5, 2001.
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
June 5, 2001
/s/ BILL J. LAM
Bill J. Lam
President, Chief Executive
Office and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 5, 2001
/s/ DAVID W. SHARP
David W. Sharp
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 5, 2001
/s/ JONATHAN D. POLLOCK
Jonathan D. Pollock
Director
June 5, 2001
/s/ EDWARD L. MOSES, JR.
Edward L. Moses, Jr.
Director
June 5, 2001
/s/ MICHAEL R. LATINA
Michael R. Latina
Director
June 5, 2001
/s/ DEREK LEACH
Derek Leach
Director
June 5, 2001