 The work cost £20m and took six months.In 1998 she was renamed "P&OSL Kent" following the merger of P&O European Ferries and Stena Line on the Dover–Calais route, and later ""P O Kent"" in August 2002 (following P&O's buyout of Stena Line's 40% share in the joint venture).In the spring of 2003 the ship was sold by P&O after a brief lay-up period in Dunkerque.