The first ships where owned by Sally-Line (Mariehamn, Finland). The company name was Sally-Line U.K., with Managing Director Michael Kingsshott. The company had ferryconnnections between Ramsgate and Dunkirk.

A few years later Sally Lines became a daughtercompany of the Fin 'Siljaline'

In 1993 Sally Ferries started a joint-venture with Oostende Lines (better known as the 'Regie voor Maritiem Transport' or RMT). Consequently the passengercrossings shifted from Dover to Ramsgate.
The line Ostend-Ramsgate was stopped on march 1^st 1997 by the Belgian Government, through which the co-operation between Sally and RMT ended.

However Sally Line remained in Ostend and co-operated with Holyman from Australia, the new company 'Holyman Sally Ferries' was a fact. The fusioncompany sailed between Ostend-Ramsgate and Dunkirk-Ramsgate. The passengerconnection between Belgium and England was assured with two fastferries: the 'Holyman Diamant' and the 'Holyman Rapide'.
The company stopped the link between Ramsgate and Dunkirk in 1998, and on march 5^th the line between Ostend and Ramsgate was also stopped.
Holyman co-operated with Hoverspeed for the further exploit of the passengerline with the two fastferries, now between Ostend and Dover.

On the other hand Sally Ferries had a freightservice between Ostend and Ramsgate, and on may 20th  1998 she started a passengerservice with conventional ferries.
The ferries owned by Sally at that moment were: Eurocruiser, Eurotraveller, Eurovoyager and Euroway .

On november 20^th1998 (6 months after starting the passengerservice) Sally Ferries was completely stopped.

The freightservices were taken over by TSL, now TEF.