Compiled of public bodies, including the General Council of Seine-Maritime, the towns of Dieppe and Fécamp as well as three Chambers of Commerce, Transmanche Ferries re-opened the route early in 2001 with the chartered Sardinia Vera.

By the end of 2014, DFDS and Seine-Maritime reached an agreement to continue running the service, and the contract has been renewed on a rolling basis, most recently in Oct 2022 for another 5 years.

[4] At 147m long, she was a little too big for the port of Newhaven and therefore had to reverse out before turning around the pier head, instead of swinging inside the harbour, as Sardinia Vera did.

[7] With a modern, luxury interior she gave a well needed boost to the company's profile, as well as attracting day trippers that were lost when Hoverspeed ended its SuperSeaCat service in 2004.

The route is currently run only by DFDS,[10] having agreed with the Conseil General Seine Maritime to continue this service in 2015.

Transmanche has attempted to serve other routes in the past, between Newhaven and Le Havre and between Dieppe and Dover, but neither of these has proved successful.