Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/05/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. [BW]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, 		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 (1) 5,180,506
I
By Steel Excel Inc. (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
SPH Group LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
SPH Group Holdings LLC
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc.
590 MADISON AVENUE
32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    
Steel Excel Inc.
C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022		     X    

Signatures

By: Steel Partners Holdings L.P., By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., General Partner, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: SPH Group LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Managing Member, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: SPH Group Holdings LLC, By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., Manager, By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc., By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Steel Excel Inc., By: /s/ Douglas B. Woodworth, Treasurer 02/08/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This Form 3 is filed jointly by Steel Partners Holdings L.P. ("Steel Holdings"), SPH Group LLC ("SPHG"), SPH Group Holdings LLC ("SPHG Holdings"), Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. ("Steel Holdings GP") and Steel Excel Inc. ("Steel Excel") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Steel Holdings owns 99% of the membership interests of SPHG. SPHG is the sole member of SPHG Holdings. Steel Holdings GP is the general partner of Steel Holdings, the managing member of SPHG and the manager of SPHG Holdings. SPHG Holdings owns 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Steel Excel. Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that collectively owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) Represents securities owned directly by Steel Excel. By virtue of their relationships with Steel Excel discussed in Footnote 1, each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Steel Excel. Each of Steel Holdings, SPHG, SPHG Holdings and Steel Holdings GP disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned directly by Steel Excel, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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