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Ferry Wolin Concludes Its Service Under Unity Line Colors

On 31 January 2025 the ferry Wolin made its final voyage on the Świnoujście–Trelleborg route, marking the end of its distinguished 18-year tenure, and the vessel had been sold.

Originally built in 1986 at Norway’s Moss Rosenberg shipyard, the ferry was launched as MF Öresund for the Swedish shipowner Statens Järnvägar.

In 2007 it was acquired by Polska Żegluga Morska and renamed Wolin. It was then one of the longest vessels in the Polish shipowner’s fleet, measuring nearly 190m in length.

Registered at the port of Nassau, the ferry sailed under the Bahamian flag, operating on the Unity Line route between Świnoujście in Poland and Trelleborg in Sweden.

At nearly 36 years old, the vessel has been spared the scrapyard and has found new owners. Now owned by A Ship Management SA, it will continue to serve under the name Golden Carrier.

This is the second ferry in the shipowner’s fleet, joining Galaxy (ex-Silesia), which operated in the Polska Żegluga Bałtycka fleet from 1979 to 2005.

The former Wolin departed Świnoujście for her new career on 20 March 2025.

In recent years, there has been considerable turnover among Polish ferry operators. Just a year ago, three ferries departed the Baltic: Jan Śniadecki, which was sold to Greek shipowner Ainaftis and renamed Tahalassitis, and replaced by the more modern and larger Epsilon.

The introduction of the large new ferry Varsovia prompted Cracovia to be chartered to Algerian shipowner Nouris El Bahr Ferries, while Baltivia was sold to Georgian shipowner e60shipping and renamed Dioscuria.

Report and photograph by Michał Koszela

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