on 26 june 2007 it was announced that p&o ferries had agreed to purchase the ship in order to meet the growing demand for space from haulage customers throughout its operations. the ship will primarily be used on the dover–calais route but also on p&o ferries irish sea and north sea routes to cover for the refit of other vessels. the ship entered service with p&o on their liverpool-dublin route on 6 november 2007.