[3] An October 2006 article in International Freighting Weekly included comments from a Brittany Ferries executive which suggested that the ship would be placed on the Poole–Cherbourg route and that the timetable currently operated by Coutances would be amended to give more "social" departure times, specifically changing the 02:00 summer time departure from Cherbourg.

[4] Up to mid-July 2007 the Brittany Ferries Freight timetable showed a two-ship service on Poole–Cherbourg after the delivery of Cotentin, and no Portsmouth–Cherbourg sailings, indicating the company's intention to place the ship on the Poole–Cherbourg route alongside Barfleur.

[citation needed] On 21 July 2007 it was announced by Brittany Ferries that Cotentin would operate from Poole,[3] a partially amended timetable for the Poole–Cherbourg route had been posted prior to the announcement though Cotentin sailings were absent until the delivery date was confirmed.

Initially the 2008 timetable showed that after Christmas Cotentin would move to the Caen route to provide refit cover for Mont St Michel before returning to Poole.

However, shortly after its release the timetable was edited and Cotentin remained on the Cherbourg and Santander routes throughout January.

[citation needed] In 2013 Cotentin was chartered to Stena Line for their service between Karlskrona, Sweden and Gdynia, Poland.

She was renamed Stena Baltica and transferred from French to British flag with London as port of registry.

The ship later departed for Le Havre, where the vessel had its original name of Cotentin restored, and was reflagged back to Cherbourg, France.