Sea Containers Ltd

Sea Containers Ltd is a multinational transport, leisure and marine container leasing company, registered in Bermuda. They paid the Labour Party more than £5,000 for "Tickets For Dinners" in 2000-2001.

They are one of Europe's largest ferry companies, operating Hoverspeed Ferries, SeaCat Scotland, the Isle of Man Ferry and Silja SeaCat (travelling to Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Estonia). They operate the GNER train company, two containerships and two roll-on roll-off cargo ships and the ports of Heysham, Newhaven and Folkestone.

Sea Containers Ltd operate 26 hotels across the world and own restaurants in New York and London (Harry's Bar). They own marine container manufacturing factories in England, South Carolina USA, Singapore and Brazil and additional container storage depots in Melbourne, Santos and Auckland. Their container leasing business is a joint venture with the GE Capital Corporation. They operate fruit farming plantations in the Ivory Coast and Brazil and run a travel agency and printing company in the UK which provide services for their ferry and train companies.

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