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                                 History

11/12/2007Building contract
 Start of Production
31/1/2008Keel laid
24/12/2008Launch
30/3/2009Sea trial
30/4/2009Delivered to 066 Fast Ferry Leasing Limited, Bahamas
30/4/2009Charter to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS ( LD Lines) , France. New name Norman Arrow
2-26/5/2009Voyage from Hobart to Dover
6/6/2009Boulogne – Dover route
10/11/2009Laid up Boulougne
8/3/2010Docking at ARNO, Dunkerque. Made modifications for new service.
26/3/2010Portsmouth – Le Havre route
30/3/2010Collision to pier on portsmouth due to bad weather
2-4/4/2010Repaired at ARNO, Dunkerque.
28/8/2010Collision to buoy on Le Havre. Laid up Le Havre
11/2010Drydocking at Brest
9/6/2011Portsmouth – Le Havre route
5/9/2011Laid up at Rouen
8/2/2012Chartered to Mols-Linien, Denmark
24/3/2012Arrived to ARNO, Dunkerque drydocking and painting to Mols-Linien colours
11/4/2012Bahamas flag
26/4/2012Voyage from Dunkerque to Århus.
30/4/2012New name KatExpress 1. Denmark flag
9/5/2012Sjællands Odde – Ebeltoft and Sjællands Odde – Århus routes
1/20133 weeks drydocking
 1/2017 New name Express 1
 20/10/2017 Collision to pier in Sjællands Odde.
 1/11/2017 Back in service
 11/07-1/2018 Rebuild
 15/1/2018 Sjællands Odde – Århus route
 20/9/2018 Rønne – Ystad service , operated Bornholmslinjen.