First, he was the magician on board Ferries Dover-Calais for SeaFrance and aboard cruise ships bound for Singapore, Malaysia, etc..
After 7 December 1997, during operation between Calais - Dover, the SeaFrance Monet was laid up in Dunkerque.
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In June 1996, the Stena Londoner was renamed SeaFrance Monet, registered to G.I.E. Versabil, Calais, France.
Following the introduction of the SeaFrance Rodin in 2001 and the SeaFrance Berlioz in 2005, the SeaFrance Cézanne was relegated to freight only duties alongside the SeaFrance Nord Pas-De-Calais.
The MEP for South East England, Richard Ashworth, and the leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, urged French president Nicolas Sarkozy to step-in and resolve the SeaFrance dispute, protesting the difficulties incurred by the county's residents and businesses.