She was built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki shipyard in Japan.

[1] European Causeway entered service in August 2000 replacing the Pride of Rathlin.

On 18 December 2018, European Causeway was involved in an incident in extreme weather conditions.

After what was described as a "big dip", several lorries toppled sideways causing damage to other vehicles on the car deck.

[5] On 27 April 2022, European Causeway suffered a complete power loss just off the coast of Larne.