One of many disruptions caused by Storm Clodagh saw the 31,356gt/1986 built Princess Seaways (above) blown from her North Shields moorings on the river Tyne on 29th November in 65mph winds. An anchor was quickly dropped but the ship was blown broadside across the river before being rescued by tugs. The following sailing to Ijmuiden that evening was considerably delayed. Back in February 2008 the King Seaways was blown from her moorings and collided with an oil platform.  

The company further increased capacity on its two freight routes from Rotterdam to the U.K. at the end of November. The 24,613gt/2000 built Britannia Seaways (above) replaced the Anglia Seaways on the Rotterdam to Felixstowe route, adding an extra capacity of 300 trailers a week in both directions. The Britannia Seaways joins the Suecia Seaways and Selandia Seaways, offering six departures a day from Tuesday to Friday.

In addition to this, the Rotterdam to Immingham route was boosted by the transfer of the 13,073gt/2000 built Anglia Seaways (above), joining the Corona Seaways and Fionia Seaways to increase the number of departures per week to nine. Both of the former MyFerryLink ships were moved to the Damen Ship repair facility in Dunkerque in late November with the application of the DFDS Seaways livery following in due course.

The former Berlioz is now the Cote des Flandres and the former Rodin is now the Cote des Dunes. These names are rather a disappointment and mark a break from the Seaways naming policy. The near sister ships are expected to return to the Dover Straits on 6th and 20th February 2016 respectively.