Sealink UK
Ferry operators
1979 The assets and business of the Shipping and International Services Division of the British Railways Board were vested in a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sealink UK Limited.
1984 All the shares in Sealink UK Limited were sold to British Ferries Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sea Containers)
1990 Stena AB acquired most of the assets of Sealink apart from Hoverspeed, Heysham port, the Isle of Wight and the Western Channel activities. Sealink operated passenger and freight ferry services on the Harwich-Hook of Holland, Dover-Dunkirk, Dover-Calais, Folkestone-Boulogne, Fishguard-Rosslare, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire and Stranraer-Larne routes. The company also owned the harbours in Harwich, Holyhead and Stranraer and managed the port of Fishguard as part of its interest in the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway and Harbour Co in which it had a 50 per cent ownership interest.