The mv European Seaway was built as part of an order for four new freight ferries for the four hour Dover to Zeebrugge crossing in the early 1990's. The design, compared to her fleet mates on the Dover to Calais route, may seem basic but the Seaway as she is known really is very comfortable.
The original order with the shipyard was for four identical ferries to be named: mv European Seaway, mv European Highway, mv European Pathway and mv European Causeway. During the construction of the mv European Causeway the design was seriously amended and the ship emerged as a full passenger ferry named mv Pride of Burgundy. More recently the other two freighters were also coverted to full passenger ferries when the Dover to Zeebrugge route closed in 2003. These now sail as the mv Pride of Kent and mv Pride of Canterbury. All the sisters were back serving side by side in 2005 operating between Dover and Calais, to look at there are several similar features.
The original order with the shipyard was for four identical ferries to be named: mv European Seaway, mv European Highway, mv European Pathway and mv European Causeway. During the construction of the mv European Causeway the design was seriously amended and the ship emerged as a full passenger ferry named mv Pride of Burgundy. More recently the other two freighters were also coverted to full passenger ferries when the Dover to Zeebrugge route closed in 2003. These now sail as the mv Pride of Kent and mv Pride of Canterbury. All the sisters were back serving side by side in 2005 operating between Dover and Calais, to look at there are several similar features.