M/F Bursztyn Unity was christened in Szczecin and placed under the Polish flag during Poland's 11 November Independence Day celebrations, Polsat News reported. The passenger and ro-ro freight ferry is scheduled to begin regular crossings on 18 November between Świnoujście and Ystad, Sweden.
According to Polsat News, Gdańsk Remontowa Shipyard built the vessel. Zofia Gałka, the ferry's godmother, broke a champagne bottle against its hull, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk handed the Polish ensign to captain Wojciech Żukowski.
The ceremony therefore marks a concrete pre-service step for a named Baltic connection, rather than a flag-raising detached from transport. The reported 18 November start date is the point at which the project moves from a shipyard and ceremonial milestone toward carrying passengers and wheeled cargo.
Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak said the government wants the Polish flag to symbolize a modern and competitive maritime economy. That is an official ambition, not evidence of an achieved commercial outcome. Polsat News did not report sailing frequency, capacity, fares or data on the service's market effect.
Bursztyn Unity gives that ambition a practical route on which it can be judged: the planned Świnoujście-Ystad service. Its launch, if it proceeds on the reported schedule, will turn the Independence Day ceremony into an operating cross-Baltic link.
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- Polsat News · Source date: 2026-11-11
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