History

	Building contract
27/5/1988	Keel laid
22/10/1988	Launch
4/1989	Delivered to Rederi AB Slite, Sweden
24/4/1989	Viking Line service Stockholm – Mariehamn route

4/1993	Owner had financial difficulties and were forced to declare bankruptcy.
16/8/1993	Last day on Viking Line service
16/8/1993	Laid up for sale
9/1993	Sold to Star Cruises and named Star Aquarius , Panama flag
	Journey from Sweden to Singapore
22/10/1993 – 12/1993	Rebuild on Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore. Build new cabins and casino on cardeck also all parts of interior rebuild
12/1993	New name Langkapuri Star Aquarius
1/1994	Cruises from Singapore
7-13/1/1996	Drydocking on Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore.

1997/1998	4 Days / 3 Nights cruise from Keelung to Naha and Motobu in Okinawa, Japan; 3 Days / 2 Nights cruise from Keelung to Hualien in
	Taiwan, ROC.
1998	Overnigth Casino cruises from Hong Kong

11/1/2001	Sold to DFDS A/S Denmark, new name Aquarius
2/2001	Delivered to DFDS A/S on Laem Chabang, Bangkok
3/2001	Aquarius arrived back in Europe
4/2001	Rebuild back to carferry on Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. New name Pearl of scandinavia. Denmarks flag
5-6/2001	Rebuld public areas on Ålborg, Denmark
26/6/2001	Maiden voyage on DFDS Seaways fleet on Copenhagen – Helsingborg – Oslo route

1/2002	Rebuild on Copenhagen

1-2/2005	Refurbished on Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden

10/2006	Copenhagen – Oslo route

17/11/2010	6 AM Fire on cardeck.
23/11/2010	Back on service Copenhagen – Oslo route.
8-22/1/2011	Drydocking Lindo Shipyard, Odense , Denamrk , new name Pearl Seaways
5-6/2011	Refurbished public areas , build casino
4/1/2012	Many hours delay due to storm

1/2017	Drydocking at Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden


16/3/2020	Traffic suspended due to Corona virus.