MS Pearl Seaways

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. MS Pearl Seaways is a cruiseferry owned by DFDS Seaways and operated on their Copenhagen-Oslo service. She was built in 1989 by Wärtsilä Marine, Turku, for Rederi AB Slite as MS Athena for use in Viking Line traffic. Between 1993 and 2001 she sailed as MS Langkapuri Star Aquarius. From 2001 to 2010 she sailed as MS Pearl of Scandinavia.In the latter half of the 1980s owners of the rival shipping companies Viking Line and Silja Line competed heavily for dominance on routes connecting Finland to Sweden, with 11 new builds delivered between 1985 and 1991. At this time there was also a strong belief in growing of the cruise passenger market.