The French press reported on March 23, 2012 that LD Lines have chartered the Barfleur from Brittany Ferries in partnership with DFDS Seaways for their Dover–Calais service where she will be put into service starting April 27 and renamed MS Deal Seaways.
She was chartered to DFDS Seaways in August 2010 and early September 2010 to provide refit cover on the Birkenhead–Dublin and Belfast routes.
At 13:00 on 17 February 2012, the Norman Spirit was 'relaunched' by model and actress Kelly Brook to start a new service for DFDS Seaways and LD Lines, with up to five return crossings per day on the Dover-Calais route.
On September 6, 2006 DFDS Seaways reported that it had purchased MS Fjord Norway from the Norway-based Fjord Line, and would be continuing the ship's traffic from the UK to Norway.