 The service quickly became popular, and GER used three ships to offer night sailings each way, every day except Saturday.By 1904, the GER had ceased operations to Rotterdam.The Dutch had their own services from Flushing, which was operated by Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (SMZ) which was created in 1875, which ran firstly to Queenborough near Sheerness and then to Folkestone.