Discussions had been taking place between consortium members and the States of Jersey since May of that year and once the involvement of MMD became clear, their position as Sealink's then biggest freight customer led to robust exchanges.

[5] The announcement, which would have seen 492 job losses (all but 30 being ex-Sealink staff)[7] resulted in almost immediate strike action by the crews of the four Sealink vessels which included the blockade of Guernsey's only linkspan by the Earl William[8] forcing Channel Island Ferries to suspend their service to the island for five days from 13 October, having run a temporary service involving discharging passengers using a temporary footbridge and shipping cars to Jersey and then back to Guernsey using the Devoniun of Torbay Seaways.

The service from Portsmouth was maintained until the end of 1988 when BCIF moved to Poole which allowed the company to reduce crossing times to the Islands by up to two hours.

The Briezh-Izel was initially replaced by the Corbière running freight only until the arrival of the Havelet, formerly the Cornouailles, from Brittany Ferries' Truckline service.

The move to Poole and the introduction of the Rozel was a successful one for the company but growth in the freight market from the port was slow, this led to the establishment of a rival service from Portsmouth by Commodore Shipping and MMD.

In late summer 1991 it was announced that the company had not renewed the charter of the Rozel and that she would be replaced by the Reine Mathilde from Brittany Ferries which was renamed Beauport.

In 1993 Condor Ferries introduced a high speed catamaran service from Weymouth to the Channel Island for passengers and vehicles.

This was to have a significant effect on BCIF who operated a reduced passenger service for that season and were involved in a price war with Condor.

She remained under the ownership of Channel Island Ferries until she was sold to Interisland Line in 2003 and later a South American company in early 2007.