company between Tor Line and Sessan Line, another Swedish company that had traffic between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn, Denmark. As a result, Sessan Line's mermaid-logo was added alongside Tor Line's logo in the Tor ships' funnels. Sessan Tor Line proved to be short-lived however, and in April 1981 the collaboration ended. DFDS / Scandinavian Seaways service In December 1981 Tor Line was sold to the Danish company DFDS. The only immediate change was that the ships' home port was altered from Gothenburg to Esbjerg, Denmark. They soon received DFDS's white hull and dark funnel colours (as opposed to the dark hull and white funnel of Tor Line), but were officially marketed as DFDS Tor Line ships due to the good reputation of Tor Line in Sweden. In 1983 DFDS decided to abandon the line to Amsterdam completely, and use only one ship—Tor Scandinavia—on the Gothenburg to Harwich route, whereas the Tor Britannia sailed from Harwich to Esbjerg. In 1988 DFDS adopted a new marketing name, Scandinavian Seaways, for their passenger division. As a result, the Tor Britannia was painted in a new, attractive white/blue livery, but the change also meant disappearance of the name Tor Line from its hull. In the same year the ship was moved to Danish International Shipregistry, which meant lower operational costs for the company. In 1990 it received a new name, MS Prince of Scandinavia, to bring it in line with Scandinavian Seaways' other ships. Moby Lines service In 2003 Moby Lines took over the Prince of Scandinavia in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and it was renamed M/S Moby Drea. Originally it was reported that the Moby Drea would open a new route for Moby Lines, connecting Genoa and Porto Torres. With the MS Moby Otta it serves the Livorno–Genoa route from the end of may until the end of October. References External links Tor Scandinavia at Fakta om Fartyg Moby Lines company website Cruiseferries Ships built in Lübeck 1974 ships