Côte D'Azur was rebuilt in Le Havre in January 1996, returning to service as the SeaFrance Renoir.

Following the delivery of SeaFrance Rodin in 2001, SeaFrance Renoir is classed as the spare ship, but occasionally operates extra services during the summer (for example on Saturday 21 June 2003, she made one morning return trip to Dover).

3 January 2006, SeaFrance Renoir was back in service on the Calais – Dover route.

In addition, 2 June 2010 she is listed by ship register `Bureau Veritas' with the definitive classification `laid up'.

The ship was sold to Belize interests in 2011 and renamed M/F Eastern Light, leaving Dunkerque in October 2011 for an unknown destination but widely believed to be a scrapyard.