In 1975 Tor Line took delivery of the new, larger and faster for the Sweden—England—Netherlands service, followed in 1976 by , a second ship of the same design. With the delivery of the new ships the "Tor Anglia" and "Tor Hollandia" were sold. Also in 1976 the English terminal of Tor Line's services was moved to Felixstowe. The new ships were arguably the finest ferries of the time, and served as the final blow to the ESL service. Ellerman's Wilson Line and Rederi AB Svea had already dropped out of the joint service previously, and in 1977 Swedish Lloyd also ceased their passenger operations. Despite their dominant position in the Sweden-England service Tor Line's financial position was precarious. There was not enough passenger demand for two large ships on the service during the winter months; due to this the "Tor Scandinavia" was chartered out as an expedition ship during the winter seasons from 1979 onwards.