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                                 History

 Building contract
 Start of Production
8/1980Keel laid
1/1981Launch
15/6/1981Delivered to Gedser-Travemünde Ruten A/S, Denmark.
6/1981Gedser-Travemünde route.
  
1986Operator change name to GT – Linien
  
1988Sold to GT-Link, New name Travemünde Link
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12/1988Sold to Rederi AB Gotland. Sweden . Charter to Sally Line UK, New name Sally Star , Bahamas flag.
12/1988Ramsgate – Dunkerque route.
  
  
13/4/1997Last day on Sally Line UK service.
8/5 – 14/9/1997Charter to Silja Line , artist name “Wasa Express” Vaasa – Umeå route.
18/9/1997Rebuild on Lloyd-Werft , Germany
11/1997New name Thjelvar.
1/1/1998Destination Gotland service Visby – Oskarshamn and Visby – Nynäshamn routes.
  
12/2003Charter to Color Line
1/2004Rebuild on Fredericia, Denmark
2/2004New name Color Traveller . Norwegian flag.
3/2004Charter to Color Line Larvik – Hirtshal and Larvik – Frederikshamn (summer)  routes
12/2006End of charter, returned to Rederi AB Gotland . Name changed to Thjelvar and had Swedish flag.
12/2006Laid up on Visby.
10/2007Charter to Scandlines. New name Rostock , German flag
10/2007Rostock – Gedser route.
10/2008Laid up Rostock , later Sassnitz
6/2009 – 8/2010Charter to Comarit , Almeria – Nador route.
27/8/2010Drydocking on Landskrona.
10/2010Laid up Norrköping. Thjelvar again and Swedish flag
8/2011Charter to Fred Olsen. New name Betancuria, Spain flag.
18/8/2011Arrived to Vigo.
8/2011Las Palmas – Morro Jable – Arrecife route
9/2012End of Charter to Fred Olsen
17/10/2012Reported sold to  NLC Ferry ( Cities of Vaasa and Umeå) . Planned start  Vaasa – Umeå route on
 January 2013.
18/10/2012Voyage from Las Palmas to Vaasa . Will be named Wasa Express later  this year.
28/10/2012Arrived to Vaasa
11/2012New name Wasa Express
4/1/2013Vaasa – Umeå route
18-23/1/2013Departures cancelled due to heating problems
28/10/4/11/2013Drydocking at Kopli.
7-9/1/2014Drydocking at Naantali, repairing bowthruster.
7/12/2014Departures cancelled due to technical problems
  
6-20/1/2019Drydocking at Kopli, Estonia.
1/2021Sold to United marine Egypt (UME)
 26/8/2021 Last day on Vaasa- Umeå service.
 30/8/2021 Delivered to United Marine Egypt. Cyprus flag.
 1-29/9/2021 Drydocking at Turku Repairing Yard, Naantali, Finland