In 2009, she was sold to Fastnet Line and entered service on their Swansea—Cork route in 2010, retaining her earlier name.

In preparation for delivery of its replacement, the first Olau Britannia was sold to Nordström & Thulin, Sweden on October 4, 1989, to be delivered in 1990.

Olsen sold its Scandinavian ferry operations to Color Line in December 1990, and in January 1991 the Bayard was renamed MS Christian IV.

[1][9] Passenger numbers on the Julia were low due to the bureaucracy related to applying a visa in order to travel between Finland and Russia.

Additionally due to restrictions imposed by the Port of Helsinki the Julia could not carry any freight on the service.

[10] On 2008-09-20 the Russian State Duma approved a law change allowing passengers arriving by scheduled ferry services to visit Russia for up to 72 hours without a visa.

Petersburg service of the Julia was terminated due slower than expected growth of the passenger numbers, failure to acquire additional funding due to the economic crisis of 2008 and larger than expected harbour expenses in St. Petersburg.

On 9 October 2008 Stella Lines CEO Kari Juvas stated that the company would make the decisions about the future of the Julia within the next few days.

[13] The Russia-based companies Morskoi Voksal and Inflot, along with the City of St. Petersburg planned on acquiring the share majority of Stella Lines and providing funding for recommencing service on the Helsinki—St.

On the same date Kim Sjöblom of Stella Lines stated the company are looking for other funders allowing the service to be restarted.

[25] From November 2024 to February 2025, the ship covered the route between Golfo Aranci (Sardinia) and Porto-Vecchio (Corsica) as a temporary substitution of the Bonifacio - Santa Teresa Gallura line due to the technical unavailability of ferry Giraglia.