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UK licensed sponsor · North East Lincolnshire · Transport and logistics
DFDS Seaways PLC
DFDS Seaways PLC, North East Lincolnshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Dfds Seaways PLC (01554521), active, incorporated in 1981 (45 years ago), registered for operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities.
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Companies House
Who DFDS Seaways PLC actually is
- Company number
- 01554521
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 April 1981 · 45 years old
- What they do
52101Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities52220Service activities incidental to water transportation70100Activities of head offices
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Previously
- Dfds Tor Line PLC (until 2010)
Dfds PLC (until 2003)
Scandinavian Seaways Limited (until 1996)
Scandinavia Seaways Limited (until 1989)
Longship Holidays Limited (until 1989)
Scandinavian Seaways Limited (until 1984) - Registered office
- Nordic House Western Access Road, Immingham Dock, Immingham, North East Linc, DN40 2LZ
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 10 September 2026.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. DFDS Seaways PLC has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Make the certificate easy
The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes DFDS Seaways PLC say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.
The register
DFDS Seaways PLC, North East Lincolnshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 3 routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Dfds Seaways PLC (company number 01554521), a public limited company incorporated in 1981, 45 years ago. Registered office: Nordic House Western Access Road, Immingham Dock, Immingham, North East Linc, DN40 2LZ, DN40 2LZ. By its SIC codes the business is in transport and logistics. It has traded under other names before, including Dfds Tor Line PLC, Dfds PLC.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: DFDS Seaways PLC already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
Register with Sama
Want to work for DFDS Seaways PLC, or somewhere like it?
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For employers
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Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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