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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
1/10/2025	Laid up for sale at Livorno, Italy.
8/10/2025	Sold to Hoiyu International Group Ltd, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. New name Elpis. St.Kitts and Nevis flag.