SuperSeaCat
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SuperSeaCat is company operating fast ferries between Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia, and owned by Sea Containers.
The term SuperSeaCat has been used as name for Sea Containers' non-catamaran fast ferries since 1997. From the year 2000 onwards the company operated one SuperSeaCat (later three) under Silja Line brand between Helsinki and Tallinn. In 2006 Sea Containers sold Silja Line to Tallink, a competing Baltic Sea ferry operator. However, the Silja Line SuperSeaCat's could not be included in the sale as by acquiring them Tallink would have had a monopoly in Helsinki-Tallinn fast boat traffic. As a result Sea Containers established SuperSeaCat as a new subsiadiary to continue traffic on the route.
Sea Containers' future plans concerning the Helsinki - Tallinn traffic are unknown. In late 2005 they reported they would be abandoning ferry operations completely, but there have been no reports of them planning to sell the SuperSeaCat company. At the moment SuperSeaCat is the market leader in Helsinki - Tallinn fast-shipping.
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- SuperSeaCat on Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish)
- SuperSeaCat
- Sea Containers
