The route proved to be unprofitable, and in April of the same year it was closed down, with Superfast IX laid up at HDW in Kiel.

[1] Calling at Paldiski proved problematic as Estonia was not a member of the Schengen Treaty,[citation needed] and in June of the same year the route reverted to Hanko—Rostock.

[1] At the time it was reported that coinciding with the move to sail from Helsinki the Superfast ships would be transferred to the fleet of Tallink's subsidiary Silja Line, but this did not came to pass.

[10] In April 2008 Tallink made an agreement for chartering Superfast IX to Marine Atlantic, a Canadian Crown Corporation, for five years from October 2008 onwards.

[12] The ship was to be used by Marine Atlantic on their service between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

[13][14] A naming competition was held for the ship, with students in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Cape Breton eligible to make entries.

[20] On 27 December 2008, while the ship was still moored in North Sydney awaiting the beginning of service, a fire broke out in one of the two heating units of Atlantic Vision at 11:50 PM local time.

[22] The ferry was briefly taken out of service again on 18 August, after striking the dock in Port-aux-Basques, causing a "small abrasion" in the fender at the stern of the vessel.

The vessel was evacuated and investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), but the threat was determined to be a hoax, and she returned to service shortly thereafter.