This set of photographs were taken by Kevin Bennett as ROPAX 1 at the end of her refit by NSL which followed her sail during the summer to new owners Channel Ferries Ltd. The top row were taken on January 05, 2008. The middle row, first four from left, on January 10 and the remaining shots were taken as she departed the Mersey believed bound for a charter operating on the Mediterranean from Tunisia. The former MALMÖ LINK of Rederei AB Nordö-Link arrived on Merseyside at the end of July 2007.
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