 European Ferries maintained a portfolio of around 15 to 20 properties in the UK and was also involved in a leisure development in Southern Spain and other properties in Hamburg and Frankfurt


In 1982, three vessels operated by European Ferries were requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence to assist with the Falklands Campaign.The three vessels were; "Europic Ferry", "Nordic Ferry" and "Baltic Ferry"

Following the Falklands War, a number of lessons had been learnt by the British Government.In a bid to test their understanding of these lessons, the Ministry of Defence scheduled a military exercise named Exercise Purple Warrior in Scotland in November 1987.