Due to demand on the Dover - Calais route, the ship was converted to a multi-purpose ferry (passengers and freight) prior to completion with the addition of extra superstructure.

She was back in service the next day[2] On 27 October 2012 Pride of Burgundy collided with the MyFerryLink ship Berlioz due to high winds, sustaining minor damage to the right bridge wing, which was fixed in a couple of hours.

[citation needed] Pride of Burgundy departed Dover on 3 March 2017 for Gdansk (Poland) where she underwent a major refit.

[citation needed] In early 2019, Pride of Burgundy, like all P&O vessels on the Dover-to-Calais route, was re-flagged to Cyprus, a measure explained by the company as motivated by tax advantages in view of Brexit.

[citation needed] From 3 May 2020, Pride of Burgundy was docked at the Port of Leith, Scotland, as a result of the reduction in traffic across the straights of Dover due to the COVID-19 pandemic.