UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 15, 2007

Sea Containers Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda	1-7560	98-0038412
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)		Identification No.)

22 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 441-295-2244

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed, the United Kingdom government Pensions Regulator (which regulates employment-based pension plans in the UK and aims to protect the benefits of members of UK pension plans) has issued notices to the Company on October 19, 2006 warning that the Regulator is considering exercising its powers to issue financial support directions (“FSDs”) to the Company under relevant UK pensions legislation, in respect of the Sea Containers 1983 Pension Scheme (the “1983 Scheme”) and the Sea Containers 1990 Pension Scheme (the “1990 Scheme”) (together the “Schemes”). These are multi-employer defined benefit pension plans of Sea Containers Services Ltd., a UK subsidiary of the Company.

The Company responded briefly to the original warning notices, submitting tha t it would not be reasonable to issue FSDs, and actively engaged with the Pensions Regulator to persuade it of this. However, the Pensions Regulator reissued the warning notice on April 26, 2007. A response was submitted that it would not be reasonable under the circumstances for the Pensions Regulator to issue FSDs. On June 15, 2007 the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator determined to issue FSDs to the Company in respect of the 1983 Scheme and the 1990 Scheme. The FSDs will be issued on July 13, 2007 unless the Company appeals the determinations, which it is currently considering.

The FSDs will require the Company to put in place financial arrangements whereby it is liable for the part of the pension scheme deficit which relates to Sea Containers Services Limited. In the case of the 1983 Scheme, as of June 8, 2006 (the date of the most recent estimate), the estimated claim was (pound)73.6 million (approximately $146.9 million); in the case of the 1990 Scheme, as of March 31, 2006 (the date of the most recent estimate), the estimated claim was (pound)17.6 million (approximately $35.1 million).

Any financial arrangements put in place will need the approval of the U.S. bankruptcy court. The arrangements will not give the Schemes a priority claim at the level of the Company but will in fact be claims ranked pari passu with other unsecured creditors of the Company.

The Determination Notices, dated June 15, 2007, for the Schemes (the “Notices”) and the Reasons of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Notices, dated June 25, 2007, may be found on the Pensions Regulator’s website at www.thepensionregulator.gov.uk . This website is for reference purposes only, and any information on this website is not incorporated herein by reference. The Company has no control over or responsibility for the contents of the website.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued June 18, 2007.

The information contained in this Current Report is furnished under Item 8.01 Other Events and Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in the filing. The registrant is a foreign private issuer and, therefore, is exempt from Regulation FD.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	SEA CONTAINERS LTD.



	By:	/s/ ROBERT MACKENZIE
	Name: Robert MacKenzie
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: June 29, 2007

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued June 18, 2007.

Exhibit 99.1

SEA CONTAINERS LTD ISSUED WITH A FINANCIAL SUPPORT DIRECTION BY THE PENSIONS REGULATOR

Hamilton, Bermuda. 18 June 2007. Sea Containers Ltd announced today that the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator has published notices of its decision that a Financial Support Direction (FSD) will be issued on the Company under Section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 in respect of the Sea Containers 1983 Pension Scheme and the Sea Containers 1990 Pension Scheme. The hearing took place in London on 12 and 13 June 2007 to consider warning notices issued by the Regulator in October 2006 and April 2007 in respect of the two Pension Schemes.

The issue of the FSD, which requires the Company to put in place financial support for its pension schemes, will not take place before 28 days after the date of the Determination Notices. Reasons for the Determination Notices were reserved and will be issued on Monday 25 June.

It has always been the Company’s expectation that any restructuring plan of reorganization proposed under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process would be subject to the Pensions Regulator’s Clearance procedure, but the Company is nevertheless disappointed in the outcome of the hearing. The Company will give its full comments once the Panel has given its reasons and will consider once it has received them whether an appeal is appropriate.

ENDS

For further information:

Lisa Barnard, Director of Communications, Sea Containers group of companies

Tel: +44 207 805 5550 Email: lisa.barnard@seacontainers.com

Investor Relations enquiries contact:

William W. Galvin III, The Galvin Partnership

Tel: +1 (203) 618-9800, email: wwg@galvinpartners.com

Sea Containers Ltd., 22 Victoria Street, P.O. Box HM 1179, Hamilton HMEX, Bermuda