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Building contract
2/4/1975 Keel laid
4/11/1975 Launch
12/4/1976 Delivered to Tor Line, Göteborg, Sweden
15/4/1976 Göteborg – Immingham , Göteborg – Felixstowe and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
10/1977 Göteborg – Felixstowe and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
1-2/1979 Used as Exhibition Ship for Holland Expo in the Persian Gulf.
2/1979 Göteborg – Felixstowe and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
17/1 – 6/3/1980 Used as Exhibition Ship for Expo Scan Arab in the Middle East
3/1980 Göteborg – Felixstowe and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
1/12/1981 Sold to DFDS
10/12/1981 Delivered to DFDS Tor Line, Esbjerg, Denmark.
10/12/1981 Göteborg – Felixstowe route
25/10/1982 New name World Wide Expo. Used as Exhibition Ship for World Wide Expo
25/2/1983 Have back her own name Tor Scandinavia.
3/3/1983 Göteborg – Felixstowe and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
1/4/1983 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
25/9/1983 Göteborg – Harwich and Esbjerg – Harwich routes
9/1988 Operator Scandinavian Seaways, DIS flag
23/2/1989 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Esbjerg – Harwich routes
25/9/1989 Fire on engineroom. Repaired on HDW Nobiskrug, Germany
16/6/1990 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Newcastle routes.
27/8/1990 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
1/11/1990 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Copenhagen routes
7/1/1991 Göteborg – Harwich and Esbjerg – Harwich routes
17/1-16/3/1991 Rebuild new cabin area on deck 4. refurbished interior.
22/2/1991 New name Princess of Scandinavia
17/3/1991 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Esbjerg – Harwich routes
5/11/1991 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Copenhagen routes
25/3/1992 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Amsterdam routes
13/6/1992 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Göteborg – Newcastle routes
2/11/1992 Göteborg – Copenhagen routes
1/4/1993 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Göteborg – Newcastle routes
17/2/1994 Göteborg – Harwich and Göteborg – Copenhagen routes
16/7/1994 Göteborg / Esbjerg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Esbjerg /Göteborg – Newcastle routes
8/9/1994 Göteborg – Ijmuiden route.
10/1994 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Amsterdam and Göteborg – Newcastle routes
19/9/1995 Göteborg – Harwich, Göteborg – Newcastle and Göteborg – Copenhagen routes
1998 Rebuild sponsons and upgrading to SOLAS 90.
1999 Operator change name to DFDS Seaways
2/4/1999 Göteborg – Kristiansand – Newcastle route
2005 Build new Commodore Deluxe Lounge and cabins on deck 8. Refurbished restaurants.
10/2/2006 Ijmuiden – Newcastle route
9/3 – 31/10/2006 Göteborg – Kristiansand – Newcastle route
2/11/2006 Delivered to Moby SPA , Genova , Italy. New name Moby Otta
Winter 2006/2007 Rebuild
5/2007 Genova – Porto Torres route
2009 Genova – Olbia route
2010 Livorno – Olbia routes
26/9/2010 Two people were killed when their car plunged off the ferry Moby Otta in Genoa.
Winter 2010/11 Winter laid up at Genova, Italy.
5/2011 Genova – Olbia route
12/9/2011 Winter laid up at Genova, Italy.
24/5/2012 Genova – Olbia route
14/10/2012 Winter laid up at Genova, Italy.
15/5-13/10/2013 Genova – Olbia route