She was delivered to Finnlines in July 2006 (original planned delivery date was in late 2005)[2] and the class takes its name from this ship.

Immediately after the first Travemünde–Helsinki trip the ship was forced to drydock in Bremerhaven due to problems with her bow thrusters.

[6] She was built at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard and delivered in February 2007 (original planned delivery date was in October 2006).

She was built at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, and her original delivery date was planned to be in mid-2006,[2] but eventually she was delivered in March 2007 and used on Finnlines Nordö-Link service between Malmö and Travemünde.

The Europalink left on 24 January from Malmö to Naples, to change livrey to Grimaldi Lines.

The ship's original planned delivery date was in March 2007[2] but after numerous delays she was finally delivered in July 2007.